The effect of spinal cord stimulation on function in patients with multiple sclerosis.
| Autor: | Read DJ, Matthews WB, Higson RH |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Brain : a journal of neurology [Brain] 1980 Dec; Vol. 103 (4), pp. 803-33. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/brain/103.4.803 |
| Abstrakt: | Eleven patients with static or slowly progressive multiple sclerosis were treated with continuous spinal cord stimulation via epidural electrodes for a minimum of two weeks. An extensive battery of objective tests was used to assess results. Significant improvement in urinary bladder function was seen in 2 of the patients with a lesser degree of improvement in 4 others and reduction of lower limb spasticity in 6 patients. Five additional patients selected for these disabilities were then treated with further evidence of improvement in bladder function in 4 and in lower limb spasticity in 2. It is suggested that benefit results from inhibition of excessive spinal reflex activity. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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