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Daily Express...

Spinal Cord Stimulation

"Millions of us suffer from unremitting pain caused by damaged nerves.

BARBARA LANTIN finds out how a new device is allowing sufferers to lead normal lives."

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Daily Mail...

Spinal Cord Stimulation

"Many thousands of Britons suffer from chronic pain as a result of nerve damage.

While prescription medicine works for most, others may benefit from treatment with implanted electrodes.

MARK HOLLINGWORTH, 43, an IT specialist from Essex, had the operation in March. He reveals his story while his doctor explains the procedure."

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Recent Articles

Poster - PENS therapy (ESRA)

"Post surgical scar pain is a common probelm despite conventional analgesia. According to the gate control theory of pain, percutaneous electrical neuro-stimulation (PENS) may be expected to reduce these hyperalgesiae."

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Poster - PENS therapy (IASP)

"Peripheral Electrical Stimulation techniques are used in the treatment of acute and persistent pain conditions (1,2) but their underlying mechanisms are not well understood.

We investigated the effects of a novel peripheral electrical stimulation device (PENS: Algotec UK) on capsaicin-induced pain and hyperalgesia in healthy volunteers."

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Poster - PENS therapy (WIP)

"Chronic pain conditions are a common problem despite conventional analgesia. According to the gate control theory of pain, percutaneous electrical neuro-stimulation (PENS) may be expected to reduce these hyperalgesiae.

PENS is a relatively new electrical therapy for pain relief and its assessments have beenlimited. It is similar in practical concept to transcutaneouselectrical nerve stimulation (TENS) but differs in that needle-like probes are inserted percutaneously into an area of tissue, and then stimulated."

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