title: Transient Sensory Recovery in Stroke Patients After Pulsed Radiofrequency Electrical Stimulation on Dorsal Root Ganglia: A Case Series.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The integrity of the somatosensory system is important for motor recovery and neuroplasticity after strokes. Peripheral stimulation or central stimulation in patients with central nervous system lesions can be an effective modality in improving function and in facilitating neuroplasticity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present 2 hemiplegic cases with sensory motor deficit and the result of the pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) electrical stimulation to the dorsal root ganglia. After PRF electrical stimulation, significant improvement was achieved in the examination of patients with superficial and deep sensation. However, during the follow-up visits were observed that the effect of PRF electrical stimulation disappeared.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that these preliminary results could be used in the development of future prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials that focus on the effect of PRF electrical stimulation on dorsal root ganglia to treat sensory deficits in poststroke patients.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Pain Clinic †Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Selcuk University Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seza
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apiliogullari
authors.forename: Ilknur A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Gezer
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Levendoglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061208:Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*