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Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Motor Performances in Hemiplegics: Clinical and Neurophysiological Study

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Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 7

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 39))

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We studied the effects of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) on motor performances in patients with spastic hemiparesis due to cerebrovascular ischemic accident.

11 patients were evaluated before and after 7 days of SCS by means of the Albert’s motor scale and a surface polyelectromyography. SCS significantly improved motor performances in 63% of the patients. It reduced agonist-antagonist coactivation and clonus. Such an effect was particularly evident during voluntary movements and gait.

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  1. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica, Largo A. Gemelli 8, I-00168, Roma, Italy

    B. Cioni M.D. & M. Meglio

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  1. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Leuven, Belgium

    Jan Gybels

  2. The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, West Midland, UK

    Edward R. Hitchcock

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Björn Meyerson

  4. Abteilung für Stereotaktische Neurochirurgie, Neurochirurgische Universitäts-Klinik, Homburg, Saar, Federal Republic of Germany

    Christoph Ostertag

  5. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Gian Franco Rossi

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Cioni, B., Meglio, M. (1987). Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Motor Performances in Hemiplegics: Clinical and Neurophysiological Study. In: Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E.R., Meyerson, B., Ostertag, C., Rossi, G.F. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 7. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 39. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8909-2_27

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