Low-frequency, weak extradural stimulation in the management of intractable pain.
Low-frequency (1.6-2.2 Hz) and weak-intensity electrical stimulation in the spinal extradural space produced complete to partial pain relief in a majority of patients (22 of 25) who suffered from intractable pain. Also it produced analgesia or hypoalgesia over a wide area of the body surface in 19 of the 25.
D000698:Analgesia; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors