Doctors can now watch spinal cord activity during surgery New technology offers hope for treating chronic back pain Date: March 7, 2024 Source: University of California - Riverside ...

Spinal cord stimulation is recommended for back pain when other treatments have failed. WebMD examines this procedure and its role in pain management.

The effect of non-invasive spinal cord stimulation on anorectal function in individuals with spinal cord injury: A case series. Frontiers in Neuroscience . Feb. 17, 2022. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022. ...

A paraplegic patient from East China’s Zhejiang Province is now able to stand and walk independently after undergoing China’s first closed-loop spinal cord neural interface surgery recently ...

New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal muscle atrophy, even restoring the capability to walk.

Kelly Carnahan was no stranger to chronic back pain. She'd tried numerous back pain treatments with little to no relief until she underwent spinal cord stimulation. "I can do things again," she said. ...

Electrically stimulating spinal neurons in two people with upper body paralysis due to stroke helped them partially regain arm function. This is the first time spinal cord stimulation has been ...

Dr. Gandhi says spinal cord stimulation has been a game changer. He says it allows physicians to treat patients that, in the past, would have been marginalized. Patients like Shelby, who's just ...

Spinal cord stimulators have been used since the 1960s, and the first FDA approval for one of the devices arrived in 1989—all with a focus on treating Spinal cord stimulation may restore arm ...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a debilitating, progressive neurologic disorder that affects about 30% of adults with diabetes. Spinal cord stimulation is a newer option for addressing moderate ...

Capogrosso and team implanted spinal cord stimulator (SCS) leads for 29 days in two patients (females, aged 31 and 47) living with chronic limb weakness after suffering strokes.