Kathleen Sluka P.T., Ph.D.
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Professor of Physical Therapy

Selected Publications

Vance CGT, Radhakrishnan R, Skyba DA, Sluka KA. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation at both high and low frequencies reduces primary hyperalgesia in rats with joint inflammation in a time-dependent manner. Phys Ther. 2007 Jan;87(1):44-51.

Walsh DM, Howe TE, Johnson MI, Sluka KA. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for acute pain. (Protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006, Issue 3, Art. No. CD006142. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006142.

Hingne PM, Sluka KA Differences in waveform characteristics have no effect on the anti-hyperalgesia produced by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in rats with joint inflammation. J Pain, 2007 Mar; 8(3):251-5.

Yokoyama T, Maeda Y, Audette KM, Sluka KA. Pregabalin reduces muscle and cutaneous hyperalgesia in two models of chronic muscle pain in rats. J Pain, 2007 Feb 8; [Epub ahead of print].

Maeda Y, Lisi TL, Vance CGT, Sluka KA. Release of GABA and activation of GABAA in the spinal cord mediates the effects of TENS in rats. Br Research, 2007 Mar 9; 1136(1):43-50.

Bement MH, Sluka KA. Co-localization of p-CREB and p-NR1 in spinothalamic neurons in a chronic muscle pain model. Neuroscience Letters, 2007 Mar 12; [Epub ahead of print]