Patients with implanted devices for spinal cord simulation (SCS) for whom paresthesia-based stimulation has failed to relieve pain may have an “effective alternative” in subperception stimulation at 1 kHz, a recent pilot study suggests.
The investigators conducted a prospective, randomized study (Neuromodulation 2016 May 17. [Epub ahead of print]) to apply the findings of a study in a rat model (Anesthesiology 2013;119:422-432)—that showed the efficacy of high-frequency SCS in