• Timothy R Deer, Elliot Krames, Nagy Mekhail, Jason Pope, Michael Leong, Michael Stanton-Hicks, Stan Golovac, Leo Kapural, Ken Alo, Jack Anderson, Robert D Foreman, David Caraway, Samer Narouze, Bengt Linderoth, Asokumar Buvanendran, Claudio Feler, Lawrence Poree, Paul Lynch, Tory McJunkin, Ted Swing, Peter Staats, Liong Liem, Kayode Williams, and Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee.
• Center for Pain Relief, Charleston, WV, USA.
• Neuromodulation. 2014 Aug 1;17(6):599-615; discussion 615.

IntroductionThe International Neuromodulation Society (INS) has determined that there is a need to provide an expert consensus that defines the appropriate use of neuromodulation technologies for appropriate patients. The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) was formed to give guidance to current practice and insight into future developments.MethodsThe INS executive board selected members of the international scientific community to analyze scientific evidence for current and future innovations and to use clinical experience to fill in any gaps in information. The NACC used PubMed and Google Scholar to obtain current evidence in the field and used clinical and research experience to give a more complete picture of the innovations in the field.ResultsThe NACC has determined that currently approved neurostimulation techniques and technologies have expanded our ability to treat patients in a more effective and specific fashion. Despite these advances, the NACC has identified several additional promising technologies and potential applications for neurostimulation that could move this field forward and expand the applicability of neuromodulation.ConclusionsThe NACC concludes that the field of neurostimulation is an evolving and rapidly changing one that will lead to improved patient access, safety, and outcomes.© 2014 International Neuromodulation Society.

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