An adjustment method for spinal cord stimulators based on simplified gait analysis (1)

The use of electrical stimulators, for pain relief, spasticity reduction, and other applications, is greatly increasing; the programming facilities of the new devices extend the application range and allow to reduce the manufacturing costs. On the other side it is necessary to define methodologies and protocols for a custom setting of these devices. This work, although for only one patient, is a proposal for a methodology, based on a simplified gait analysis, for the adjustment of a spinal cord electrical stimulator.