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A Novel Approach to Assess Motor Outcome of Deep Brain Stimulation Effects in the Hemiparkinsonian Rat: Staircase and Cylinder Test
Published on: May 31, 2016
Long-term tonic spinal cord stimulation in advanced Parkinson's disease: No effect from stimulation under
Rafael Bernhart Carra1, Tamine Teixeira da Costa Capato1, Janaina Reis Menezes1
1Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
•Chronic spinal cord stimulation effectiveness was evaluated in four PD patients.•Double blinded cross over evaluation was performed using subthreshold stimulation.•An open label evaluation with regular suprathreshold stimulation was also performed.•No statistically significant effect was produced with either stimulation.•This study highlights the lack of strong clinical evidence supporting SCS for PD.
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