Neurophysiological evidence of antidromic activation of large myelinated fibres in lower limbs during spinal cord stimulation

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Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Buonocore, Michelangelo ^a   Bonezzi, Cesare ^a   Barolat, Giancarlo ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b The Barolat Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidromic; Chronic pain; Pain mechanisms; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADICULOPATHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649086924     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181642a97     Document Type: Article

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