Studying Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials in Patients With Intractable Pain. Clinical Trial
Official title:
Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials in Candidates for Dorsal Column Stimulation
The study first aim is to investigate the relationship between different patterns of
electrode stimulation and peripheral sensory stimulation and spinal cord-evoked potentials
to optimize spinal cord stimulation parameters . The second aim of the study is to
investigate the role of the spinal cord in some aspects of cognitive-sensory-motor
processing, specifically the presence of top-down attentional effects on the sensory
analysis of an external stimulus at the spinal cord level.
The study will be performed on patients that will be implanted with a spinal epidural
electrode because of chronic intractable pain. From these electrodes, spinal cord evoked
potentials (SCEPs) will be recorded.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective