Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

New research from the University of Sydney reveals surgically implanted spinal cord stimulators—a common treatment for lower back pain which aims to disrupt pain signals traveling to the brain—are ...

In an episode of ABC's "Four Corners" this week, the use of spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain was brought into question. Spinal cord stimulators are devices implanted surgically which ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A commonly used treatment for patients who still suffer chronic back and leg pain after having back surgery is essentially no better than specialized pain treatment or ...

Researchers at Brown University have demonstrated that targeted electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore both voluntary movement and sensory feedback in people with chronic, ...

A noninvasive spinal stimulation device safely improves upper-extremity function in people with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), results of a prospective nonsignificant risk trial suggest. The ...

Joseph Jeanmarie has had back problems since the 1980s, when he injured his back and had surgery. Although his chronic pain was sometimes debilitating, he continued his work as an insurance ...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers carrying out a small pilot clinical trial demonstrating that a drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation. Spinal stimulation restored muscles wasted by rare genetic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less severe pain from baseline to follow up.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep brain stimulation therapy has helped two patients with spinal cord injuries regain some movement. Photo by Adobe ...

HONOLULU — Adding intermittent theta-burst trans-spinal magnetic stimulation to treadmill training is safe and improves gait and other motor symptoms in adults with Parkinson’s disease (PD), new ...