Although deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus reduces motor complications equally in both groups of patients, postoperative quality of life improved only in young patients.
Clinical pain alleviation after STN-DBS cannot be considered merely as a consequence of motor complications improvement and could be attributable to a direct central modulation of pain perception, via increased mechanical pain and tolerance thresholds.
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