The effect of pulse width and contact configuration on paresthesia coverage in spinal cord stimulation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1452-1461

  Holsheimer, Jan ^a   Buitenweg, Jan R ^a   Das, John ^b   De Sutter, Paul ^b   Manola, Ljubomir ^a   Nuttin, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contact configuration; Discomfort threshold; Paresthesia; Pulse width; Spinal cord stimulation; Usage range

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79954986235     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820b4f47     Document Type: Article

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