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Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Gait in a Patient with Thalamic Pain
Joint Authors
Shin, Masahiro
Ishi, Kazuhiko
Osumi, Michihiro
Katsuhira, Junji
Chiba, Ryosuke
Haga, Nobuhiko
Yozu, Arito
Sumitani, Masahiko
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Thalamic pain is a central neuropathic pain disorder which occurs after stroke.
Its severe chronic pain is often intractable to pharmacotherapies and affects the patients’ activities of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QOL).
Recently, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been reported to be effective in relieving the pain of thalamic pain; however, the effect of SCS on gait performance in patients is unknown.
Therefore, we evaluated the gait performance before and after SCS in a case with thalamic pain.
A 73-year-old male with thalamic pain participated in this study.
We evaluated the gait of the patient two times: before SCS insertion and after 6 days of SCS.
At the second evaluation, we measured the gait in three conditions: stimulation off, comfortable stimulation, and strong stimulation.
SCS succeeded in improving the pain from 7 to 2 on an 11-point numerical rating scale.
Step frequency and the velocity of gait tended to increase between pre- and poststimulation periods.
There were no apparent differences in gait among the three stimulation conditions (off, comfortable, and strong) at the poststimulation period.
SCS may be effective on gait in patients with thalamic pain.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yozu, Arito& Sumitani, Masahiko& Shin, Masahiro& Ishi, Kazuhiko& Osumi, Michihiro& Katsuhira, Junji…[et al.]. 2016. Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Gait in a Patient with Thalamic Pain. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101330
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yozu, Arito…[et al.]. Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Gait in a Patient with Thalamic Pain. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101330
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yozu, Arito& Sumitani, Masahiko& Shin, Masahiro& Ishi, Kazuhiko& Osumi, Michihiro& Katsuhira, Junji…[et al.]. Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Gait in a Patient with Thalamic Pain. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101330
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101330