Is it possible to generate an additional pleasant and pain‐relieving muscle stimulation when using a low‐frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for the treatment of lower back pain? Pilot study: A new technique: “MuscleSCS”
Matthias Hubert Morgalla,
Justus Marquetand,
Franziska Katharina Staber
Abstract:ObjectiveThe combined use of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and muscle stimulation, in the treatment of chronic pain, using the same probe, could improve the clinical results. However, this technique has not been established as yet. It was our hypothesis that it is possible to generate muscle stimulation by using low frequencies with SCS electrodes and use it to additionally treat chronic back pain.MethodsWe generated muscle stimulation in patients with previously implanted SCS electrodes, for the treatment of … Show more
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