Five-Year Longitudinal Follow-Up of Restorative Neurostimulation Shows Durability of Effectiveness in Patients With Refractory Chronic Low Back Pain Associated With Multifidus Muscle Dysfunction.
Christopher GilliganWillem VolschenkMarc RussoMatthew GreenChristopher GilmoreVivek MehtaKristiaan DeckersKris De SmedtUsman LatifDawood SayedPeter GeorgiusJonathan GentileBruce MitchellMeredith LanghorstFrank HuygenGanesan BaranidharanVikas PatelEugene MironerEdgar RossAlexios CarayannopoulosSalim HayekAshish GulveJean-Pierre Van BuytenAntoine TohmehJeffrey FischgrundShivanand LadFarshad AhadianTimothy DeerWilliam KlemmeRichard RauckJames RathmellGreg MaislinJan Pieter HeemelsSam EldabePublished in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (2024)
The Clinicaltrials.gov registration number for the study is NCT02577354; registration date: October 15, 2016; principal investigator: Christopher Gilligan, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. The study was conducted in Australia (Broadmeadow, New South Wales; Noosa Heads, Queensland; Welland, South Australia; Clayton, Victoria), Belgium (Sint-Niklaas; Wilrijk), The Netherlands (Rotterdam), UK (Leeds, London, Middlesbrough), and USA (La Jolla, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Aurora, CO; Carmel, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Kansas City, KS; Boston, MA; Royal Oak, MI; Durham, NC; Winston-Salem, NC; Cleveland, OH; Providence, RI; Spartanburg, SC; Spokane, WA; Charleston, WV).