Popular Back Pain Treatment Revealed To Be Ineffective and Potentially Harmful
The absence of sufficient evidence raises doubts about the benefits.
According to a recently published Cochrane Review, spinal cord stimulation, a medical technology proposed as a treatment option for individuals suffering from chronic back pain, may not offer sustained relief and may even have harmful effects.
https://scitechdaily.com/popular-back-pain-treatment-revealed-to-be-ineffective-and-potentially-harmful/ #BackPain #treatment #SpinalCordStimulation
Popular Back Pain Treatment Revealed To Be Ineffective and Potentially Harmful

The absence of sufficient evidence raises doubts about the benefits. According to a recently published Cochrane Review, spinal cord stimulation, a medical technology proposed as a treatment option for individuals suffering from chronic back pain, may not offer sustained relief and may even have har

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Save the Date! - Veranstaltungstipp - CRPS Selbsthilfe Köln

Am 6. November 2023 wird der jährliche CRPS Orange Day abgehalten, um das komplexe regionale Schmerzsyndrom bekannter zu machen. Die Krankheit ist durch anhaltende, starke Schmerzen an Armen oder Beinen nach Verletzungen oder Operationen gekennzeichnet und betrifft schätzungsweise 130.000 Menschen in Deutschland.

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Instant Improvement in Arm Mobility Following Stroke With Spinal Cord Stimulation - This breakthrough could greatly benefit individuals who have experienced moderate to severe stroke by making their daily activities easier to conduct. https://scitechdaily.com/instant-improvement-in-arm-mobility-following-stroke-with-spinal-cord-stimulation/ #SpinalCordStimulation #stroke #mobility
Instant Improvement in Arm Mobility Following Stroke With Spinal Cord Stimulation

A neurotechnology that stimulates the spinal cord instantly improves arm and hand mobility, enabling people affected by moderate to severe stroke to conduct their normal daily activities more easily, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University today (February

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#PainManagement #SpinalCordStimulation
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A recent JAMA article about spinal cord stimulators used for management of pain is getting some press, so I thought I would do a modestly deep dive into this article from the perspective of an interventional pain specialist.

TLDR: Some reporting is overstating the implications of this small study of a narrow application of this technology. 1/

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2797419

Effect of Spinal Cord Burst Stimulation vs Placebo Stimulation on Disability in Patients After Lumbar Spine Surgery

This placebo-controlled, crossover randomized clinical trial compares the effects of spinal cord burst stimulation vs placebo stimulation in patients with chronic radiculopathy after surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disorders.