| Title |
Imaging-guided hyperstimulation analgesia in low back pain
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Pain Research, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.2147/jpr.s47540 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Miguel Gorenberg, Kobi Schwartz |
| Abstract |
Low back pain in patients with myofascial pain syndrome is characterized by painful active myofascial trigger points (ATPs) in muscles. This article reviews a novel, noninvasive modality that combines simultaneous imaging and treatment, thus taking advantage of the electrodermal information available from imaged ATPs to deliver localized neurostimulation, to stimulate peripheral nerve endings (Aδ fibers) and in turn, to release endogenous endorphins. "Hyperstimulation analgesia" with localized, intense, low-rate electrical pulses applied to painful ATPs was found to be effective in 95% patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain, in a clinical validation study. |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 8 | 80% |
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| Members of the public | 6 | 60% |
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| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 25 | 96% |
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| Student > Master | 6 | 23% |
| Professor | 3 | 12% |
| Researcher | 2 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 15% |
| Unknown | 7 | 27% |
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