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PHYLLIS BERGER,
ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATES

PHYLLIS BERGER, ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATESPHYLLIS BERGER, ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATESPHYLLIS BERGER, ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATES

PHYLLIS BERGER,
ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATES

PHYLLIS BERGER, ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATESPHYLLIS BERGER, ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATESPHYLLIS BERGER, ELISMA CONRADIE & ASSOCIATES
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RESEARCH

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Berger P, Landau S. Can an electrical pulsed radio frequency device relieve pain and improve function in patients with pedal diabetic neuropathy? A single blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. PainSA Jan 2020:26-37.


Berger P. A review of physical modalities and the potential to expand the treatment of patients with traumatic brain Injury

Acupuncture in Medicine 2019, Vol37(6):365-369.


Berger P. A rehabilitation approach to a patient with traumatic brain injury. Acupuncture in Medicine 2019, Vol37(6):370-371


Berger P. Electrical current and acupuncture treatment for a paediatric patient with a recurring long thoracic nerve paralysis Acupuncture and Relat Ther (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arthe.2013.11.002


Berger P∗, Jacks J. Acupuncture and Related Therapies 2 (2014) 71-77

Report on a case series investigating a neurostimulation device for the treatment 

of pain and improvement of mobility and function following elbow surgery 

TRANSCUTAENOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS)

Berger P. 2008 A South African perspective of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).  

The Journal of Pain South Africa, the South African Chapter of the International Association for the Study of 

Pain 2008;Vol 3, No3:21-22.


Berger P. Complete TENS responders: Pilot Study of CRPS patients 1999 Pain Reviews

Dailey DL, Rakel BA, Vance CG, Liebano RE, Amrit AS, Bush HM, Lee KS, Lee JE, Sluka KA.. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve 

Stimulation Reduces Pain, Fatigue and Hyperalgesia While Restoring Central Inhibition in Primary Fibromyalgia 

Pain. 2013 Nov;154(11):2554-62. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.043. Epub 2013 Jul 27


Resende L, Merriwether E, Rampazo ÉP, Dailey D, Embree J, Deberg J, Liebano RE, Sluka KA. Meta-analysis of Transcutaneous 

Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Relief of Spinal Pain Eur J Pain. 2018 Apr;22(4):663-678. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1168. Epub 2017 Dec 27.


Matthew L, WinfreebC, Miller-Saultzer, SontyaN.TENS trial may be used as a screening tool prior to SCS 

implantation PAIN 2010;Vol 150, Issue 2:327-331.


 Jan Oosterhof, Han J.A. Samwel, Theo M. de Boo, Oliver H.G. Wilder-Smith, Rob A.B. Oostendorp, Ben J.P Crul 

Predicting outcome of TENS in chronic pain: A prospective, randomised, placebo controlledtrial 

Pain 2007;Vol135,Issue 1:11-20


Ainsworth L, BudelierK, Clinesmith M et al TENS reduces chronic hyperalgesia induced by muscle 

inflammation. Pain 2006;120:182-7.

APS THERAPY

 Berger P, Matzner L. 1999 A study of 99 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee to investigate the effectiveness of low frequency currents on mobility and pain: action potential simulation therapy current compared with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and placebo. South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia 1999;Vol 5, No 2: 26-39.


CL Odendaal, Joubert G. A new way of treating chronic backache – a pilot study SA Journal of Anesthesiology and Analgesia 1999; Vol 5, No 1: 26-29. (with discovery of increases in melatonin and leu-enkephalin, maintenance of serotonin, reduction of plasma levels of beta endorphins)


Research has been done in Pretoria, Orange Free State Universities 1999; other studies in United Kingdom, Poland, New Zealand and Canada 

Complex regional Pain Syndromes

Berger P. 1997 The contribution to pain management in complex regional pain syndromes by the physiotherapist: a physiotherapy algorithm and treatment. South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia 1997;Vol 3, No 4:14-18.​


Berger P.  1999 The role of the physiotherapist in the treatment of complex peripheral pain syndromes. Pain Reviews UK 1999;Vol 6, No 3: 211-232


Berger P. 1999 Complex regional pain syndromes and the physiotherapist. South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia1999; Vol 5,No 4:9-13.


Berger P. 2003 Complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS Type 1): validating case histories. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2003;Vol 59, No 1:4-9.


Berger P. 2004 Can complex regional pain syndrome Type 1 be circumvented? South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia 2004;Vol 10, No 5:20-26.



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