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In 1967, Shealy introduced Spinal Cord Stimulation into clinical medicine to treat pain (9). Since its introduction it has been used to treat numerous disorders. Spinal cord stimulation seemed to have beneficial effects in the treatment of pain (5), motor disorders (3), and vascular disease (4). The real physiological mechanisms by which pain is alleviated are not well known yet.
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Devulder, J., Castille, F., De Laat, M. (1995). Evaluation of the effects of spinal cord stimulation by infrared thermography. In: Horsch, S., Claeys, L. (eds) Spinal Cord Stimulation II. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72527-2_7
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