Spinal stimulation: statistical superiority of monophasic stimulation of narrowly separated, longitudinal bipoles having rostral cathodes.
A prospective study of a large number of spinal stimulating electrodes permitted a statistical comparison of stimulus parameters, including phase, polarity and orientation of bipolar electrodes. For the treatment of pain, the technical grade of a stimulator is proportional to the range of stimulation, which was found to be significantly greater under the conditions listed in the title.
D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004824:Epidural Space; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000503:physiopathology; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000379:methods*