Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe central nervous system injury that can cause sensory or motor dysfunction. Although mortality rates for people with spinal cord injuries have dropped dramatically with advances in medicine, chronic long-term sequelae after SCI persist. The most bothersome problem...
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| author | Xiang-Ling Huang Yu-Chen Chen Chang-Chih Kuo Sheng-Tzung Tsai |
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| description | Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe central nervous system injury that can cause sensory or motor dysfunction. Although mortality rates for people with spinal cord injuries have dropped dramatically with advances in medicine, chronic long-term sequelae after SCI persist. The most bothersome problems reported by patients include pain, spasticity, urinary dysfunction, and loss of motor function. Thus, quality of life (QoL) is an essential issue in chronic SCI. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) applies an adjustable, nondamaging electrical pulse that can reduce uncomfortable comorbidities and improve mobility, thus enhancing the QoL of patients with SCI. This review summarizes pivotal breakthroughs from SCS for individual clinical impairment from SCI. We conclude that careful evaluation of SCS can help improve neuropathic pain, spasms, motor symptoms, and voiding dysfunction in patients with SCI, thus improving QoL. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a5e769d771d4ca8b01a19dcc3a23c5d2023-07-21T13:08:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTzu-Chi Medical Journal1016-31902223-89562023-01-0135213113610.4103/tcmj.tcmj_102_22Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injuryXiang-Ling HuangYu-Chen ChenChang-Chih KuoSheng-Tzung TsaiSpinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe central nervous system injury that can cause sensory or motor dysfunction. Although mortality rates for people with spinal cord injuries have dropped dramatically with advances in medicine, chronic long-term sequelae after SCI persist. The most bothersome problems reported by patients include pain, spasticity, urinary dysfunction, and loss of motor function. Thus, quality of life (QoL) is an essential issue in chronic SCI. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) applies an adjustable, nondamaging electrical pulse that can reduce uncomfortable comorbidities and improve mobility, thus enhancing the QoL of patients with SCI. This review summarizes pivotal breakthroughs from SCS for individual clinical impairment from SCI. We conclude that careful evaluation of SCS can help improve neuropathic pain, spasms, motor symptoms, and voiding dysfunction in patients with SCI, thus improving QoL.http://www.tcmjmed.com/article.asp?issn=1016-3190;year=2023;volume=35;issue=2;spage=131;epage=136;aulast=Huangquality of lifespinal cord injuryspinal cord stimulation |
| spellingShingle | Xiang-Ling Huang Yu-Chen Chen Chang-Chih Kuo Sheng-Tzung Tsai Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury Tzu-Chi Medical Journal quality of life spinal cord injury spinal cord stimulation |
| title | Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_full | Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_fullStr | Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_short | Potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_sort | potential benefits of spinal cord stimulation treatment on quality of life for paralyzed patients with spinal cord injury |
| topic | quality of life spinal cord injury spinal cord stimulation |
| url | http://www.tcmjmed.com/article.asp?issn=1016-3190;year=2023;volume=35;issue=2;spage=131;epage=136;aulast=Huang |
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