ReviewTzu chi medical journal
Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Spinal cord stimulation protocols for modern pain management: from two-stage models to direct-to-implant strategies.Pain management · 2025Review
- Neuromodulation techniques for the treatment of spinal cord injury: current progress, challenges, and future prospects.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Improved Motor Function in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Following Spinal Cord Stimulation.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Role of Epidural Electrode Stimulation in Three Patients with Incomplete AIS D Spinal Cord Injury.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- The Utilization of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthetic Management for Fracture Surgery.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- New Developments in the Surgery for Spasticity.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2025Review
- Effect of epidural spinal cord stimulation in individuals with sensorimotor complete spinal cord injury: a pilot study.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2025Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe central nervous system injury that can cause sensory or motor dysfunction. Although mortality rates for people with spinal cord injuries have dropped dramatically with advances in medicine, chronic long-term sequelae after SCI persist. The most bothersome problems reported by patients include pain, spasticity, urinary dysfunction, and loss of motor function. Thus, quality of life (QoL) is an essential issue in chronic SCI. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) applies an adjustable, nondamaging electrical pulse that can reduce uncomfortable comorbidities and improve mobility, thus enhancing the QoL of patients with SCI. This review summarizes pivotal breakthroughs from SCS for individual clinical impairment from SCI. We conclude that careful evaluation of SCS can help improve neuropathic pain, spasms, motor symptoms, and voiding dysfunction in patients with SCI, thus improving QoL.
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