Deep Brain Stimulation: When to Test Directional?
Ines DeboveKatrin PetermannAndreas NowackiThuy-Anh Khoa NguyenGerd TinkhauserJoan Philipp MichelisJulia MuellnerDeborah AmstutzPanagiotis BargiotasJens FichtnerJanine Ai SchlaeppiPaul KrackMichael SchuepbachClaudio PolloMartin Lenard LachenmayerPublished in: Movement disorders clinical practice (2023)
To reduce time required for DBS programming, we recommend additional directional contact testing initially only on ring-level contacts with a therapeutic window of less than 2.0 mA.