Abstract:The clinical effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain management is assessed. It is shown that despite a lack of credible evidence supporting it, TENS is used widely in Canadian hospitals. The point is made that biomedical and clinical engineers need to become more aware of health technology assessment so that they can help ensure that health technologies are used more appropriately.
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