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Our experience of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and motor cortex stimulation (MCS) in patients with post-stroke movement disorders and post-stroke pain is reviewed. DBS of the thalamic nuclei ventralis oralis posterior et intermedius proved to be useful in more than 70% of patients with post-stroke involuntary movements (hemiballismus, hemichoreo-athetosis, distal resting and/or action tremor, and proximal postural tremor). The effect of DBS of the thalamic nucleus ventralis caudalis or internal capsule on post-stroke pain was usually disappointing. Excellent pain control can be achieved by MCS in approximately 50% of patients with post-stroke pain. In the course of clinical trials on MCS for the control of post-stroke pain, it was found that co-existent post-stroke involuntary movements (hemichoreo-athetosis and resting tremor) could also be controlled by MCS. Post-stroke involuntary movements, especially those in thalamic syndrome, are sometimes associated with post-stroke pain. In such disorders, involuntary movements are attenuated, but the pain in the same patients is often exacerbated by DBS of the thalamic nuclei ventralis oralis posterior et intermedins. MCS could be the therapy of choice under such circumstances. Subjective improvement of voluntary motor performance, which had been impaired in association with mild or moderate hemiparesis, was reported during MCS by approximately 20% of patients with post-stroke pain. Such an effect on voluntary motor performance appears to be caused by an inhibition of their rigidity. The reversibility of DBS and MCS makes them an important option for the control of post-stroke movement disorders and post-stroke pain.
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Katayama, Y., Yamamoto, T., Kobayashi, K., Oshima, H., Fukaya, C. (2003). Deep brain and motor cortex stimulation for post-stroke movement disorders and post-stroke pain. In: Katayama, Y. (eds) Neurosurgical Re-Engineering of the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplements, vol 87. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6081-7_25
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