Using Lower Amplitudes to Maintain Effective High Dose Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy (SCS Dosing Pilot Study).
Amr O El-NaggarChristopher L ReisJohn A HathewayTodd E SchmidtTristan C PicoMahendra R SanapatiAlaa Abd-ElsayedAmit S PatelAaron CalodneyLisa JohanekYe TanSheryl McCammonPublished in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (2020)
The qualified study patients defined an implanted population reporting good pain relief and satisfaction using HD SCS therapy at baseline. The majority of these patients were able to maintain therapy satisfaction and pain relief (70% and 63.3%, respectively) with 20% perception threshold amplitude. Amplitudes below perception threshold could potentially maintain effective SCS therapy with HD stimulation in a subset of patients.