Melzack and Wall published their gate control theory of pain in 1965 [8]. They proposed that small-fiber input associated with noxious (pain) information could be inhibited by large-fiber sensory activation. Pain perception depended upon the balance between large- and small-fiber input. They suggested that antidromic activation of the large diameter afferent fibers in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord could inhibit small-fiber input in the dorsal horns, thereby modulating the perception of pain.
Keywords
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Dorsal Column
- Electronic Circuitry
- Implantable System
- Gate Control Theory
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