A person’s cultural or ethnic roots can be a factor for their perception of pain. People in the West seek medical treatment immediately. Western medicine has been slow to catch up with Eastern and Native American philosophies of emotions and spirituality in healing pain. Step 4:Comparing TENS/...
A pressure algometer with a flat circular probe (1 cm2) and force displayed digitally in increments of .1 Newton (N) was used (Algometer Commander; JTECH Medical, Salt Lake City, UT). Before each test, the participants sat comfortably and placed the right arm on a side table. The forea...