Tonic spinal cord stimulation as therapeutic option in Parkinson disease with axial symptoms: Effects on walking and quality of life.

Parkinsonism Relat Disord

James Parkinson Unit, Department of Neurology, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France.

Published: June 2019

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an effective surgical therapy used for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain. Tonic SCS is safe and improve not only gait disorders, motor symptoms, but also quality of life in Parkinson patients even with dopa-resistant symptoms with or without associated deep brain stimulation.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.02.044DOI Listing

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