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After 12 weeks of\n TENS<\/jats:styled-content>\n treatment, mean (95%\n CI<\/jats:styled-content>\n ) pain visual analogue scale decreased significantly (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001) from 6.6 (6.3\u20136.9) to 3.9 (3.2\u20134.6).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:list-item>\n \n \n Patients' quality of life changed significantly after\n TENS<\/jats:styled-content>\n treatment (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001). Before\n TENS<\/jats:styled-content>\n , all 60 patients felt mostly dissatisfied (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 17; 28%), unhappy (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 28; 47%) or terrible (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 15; 25%). 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