Spinal cord stimulation inhibits cortical somatosensory evoked potentials significantly stronger than transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 405-414

  Wolter, Tilman ^a   Kieselbach, Kristin ^a   Sircar, Ronen ^a   Gierthmuehlen, Mortimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuropathic pain; SCS; SEP; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord stimulation; TENS; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84880618734     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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