Novel 10-kHz High-frequency Therapy (HF10 Therapy) Is Superior to Traditional Low-frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back and Leg Pain

Anesthesiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 851-860

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Yu, Cong ^b   Doust, Matthew W ^c   Gliner, Bradford E ^d   Vallejo, Ricardo ^e   Todd Sitzman, B ^f   Amirdelfan, Kasra ^g   Morgan, Donna M ^h   Brown, Lora L ⁱ   Yearwood, Thomas L ^j,k   Bundschu, Richard ^a   Burton, Allen W ^e   Yang, Thomas ^f   Benyamin, Ramsin ^g   Burgher, Abram H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b Swedish Pain Center   (United States)

^c Arizona Cancer Pain and Surgery Center   (United States)

^d Nevro Corporation   (United States)

^e MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^f PLLC   (United States)

^g IPM Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^h Pain Consultants of Oregon   (United States)

ⁱ Coastal Orthopedics and Pain Medicine ^*  (United States)

^j Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^k Houston Pain Associates   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; DIATHERMY; DIATHERMY DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; ANALGESIA; BACK PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942046613     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000774     Document Type: Article

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