Advanced waveforms and frequency with spinal cord stimulation: Burst and high-frequency energy delivery

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 431-437

  Pope, Jason E ^a   Falowski, Steven ^b   Deer, Tim R ^a  

^a Center for Pain Relief Inc ^*  (United States)

^b St Luke's University and Health Network   (United States)

Author keywords

burst stimulation; dorsal column stimulation; high frequency stimulation; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION SERVICES;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BURST STIMULATION; DORSAL COLUMNS; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; HIGH-FREQUENCY STIMULATIONS; LITERATURE SEARCH; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ANALGESIA; BURST STIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRENT DENSITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAVEFORM; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD;

HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84931838195     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2015.1026805     Document Type: Review

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