MARCH 18, 2024
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Rotator Cuff–Induced Chronic Shoulder Pain
Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) may be a promising treatment option for rotator cuff–induced chronic shoulder pain, according to a study presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine meeting, held in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Researchers reported a substantial reduction in pain ranging from 40% to 100% post-PNS placement among study participants.
“Ultimately, this shows that PNS device placement can possibly be an effective modality for chronic shoulder pain secondary to rotator cuff pathology,” study researcher Shemar Crawford, MD, a physical medicine and rehabilitation resident at the University of Miami, told Pain Medicine News. “However, due to limitations on the amount of patients that we have, there’s still much more that we’re going to need to do in the future in regards to [randomized controlled trials] and future studies, [and building] the patient population base.”
—Landon Gray