Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent studies show. But for patients suffering from muscle spasms, the ...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers carrying out a small pilot clinical trial demonstrating that a drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive ...

A noninvasive spinal stimulation device safely improves upper-extremity function in people with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), results of a prospective nonsignificant risk trial suggest. The ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Spinal cord stimulators are mainly used to treat chronic back pain, especially when other less invasive treatments have not worked. They also aim to reduce people's reliance on risky pain medicines.