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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2024

Spinal Cord Stimulation Waveforms for the Treatment of Chronic Pain.

Ahish Chitneni, Esha Jain, Sidharth Sahni, Philippe Mavrocordatos, Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of phantom limb pain: A case report and literature review.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ahish ChitneniDepartment of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia and Cornell, New York, NY, USA.
Esha JainDepartment of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Sidharth SahniCrozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, USA.
Philippe MavrocordatosSwiss Pain Institute, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.
Alaa Abd-ElsayedDepartment of Anesthesia, Division of Pain Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, B6/319 CSC53792-3272, USA. alaaawny@hotmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewSince the advent of spinal cord stimulation (SCS), advances in technology have allowed for improvement and treatment of various conditions, especially chronic pain. Additionally, as the system has developed, the ability to provide different stimulation waveforms for patients to treat different conditions has improved. The purpose and objective of the paper is to discuss basics of waveforms and present the most up-to-date literature and research studies on the different types of waveforms that currently exist. During our literature search, we came across over sixty articles that discuss the various waveforms we intend to evaluate. RECENT

findingsThere are several publications on several waveforms used in clinical practice, but to our knowledge, this is the only educational document teaching on waveforms which provides essential knowledge. There is a gap of knowledge related to understanding wave forms and how they work.

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Chronic PainSpinal Cord StimulationHumansPain ManagementBurstChronic painHigh frequencyMultiplexedSpinal cord stimulationTraditionalWaveforms

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