Theoretical investigation into longitudinal cathodal field steering in spinal cord stimulation

Neuromodulation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-132

  Manola, Ljubomir ^a   Holsheimer, Jan ^a   Veltink, Peter H ^a   Bradley, Kerry ^b   Peterson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

(guarded) dual cathode; Dorsal columns; Dorsal roots; Electrical steering; Percutaneous lead; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33947693861     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2007.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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