Four-limb neurostimulation with neuroelectrodes placed in the lower cervical epidural space

Anesthesiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 681-684

  Hayek, Salim M ^a,b   Veizi, I Elias ^b   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NEUROELECTRODE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPIDURAL SPACE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 62349114344     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318195b53e     Document Type: Article

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