Directional DBS increases side-effect thresholds-A prospective, double-blind trial.

Till A DembekPaul RekerVeerle Visser-VandewalleJochen WirthsHarald TreuerMartin KlehrJan RoedigerHaidar Salimi DafsariMichael T BarbeLars Timmermann

Published in: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society (2017)

Directional DBS can increase side-effect thresholds while achieving clinical benefit comparable to conventional DBS. Whether directional DBS improves long-term clinical outcome needs to be investigated in the future. © 2017 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Keyphrases

deep brain stimulation
clinical trial
phase iii
double blind
study protocol
phase ii
open label
atomic force microscopy