• Brain Stimul · Mar 2015

    Imaging sensory effects of occipital nerve stimulation: a new computer-based method in neuromodulation.

    • Anna Göbel, Carl H Göbel, Axel Heinze, Katja Heinze-Kuhn, Inga Petersen, Christoph Meinecke, Svenja Clasen, Uwe Niederberger, Dirk Rasche, Hubertus M Mehdorn, and Hartmut Göbel.
    • Kiel Migraine and Headache Centre, Kiel, Germany; Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany.
    • Brain Stimul. 2015 Mar 1; 8 (2): 295-8.

    BackgroundWithin the last years, occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) has proven to be an important method in the treatment of severe therapy-resistant neurological pain disorders. The correspondence between lead placement as well as possible stimulation parameters and the resulting stimulation effects remains unclear.ObjectiveThe method aims to directly relate the neuromodulatory mechanisms with the clinical treatment results, to achieve insight in the mode of action of neuromodulation, to identify the most effective stimulation sets and to optimize individual treatment effects.MethodsWe describe a new computer-based imaging method for mapping the spatial, cognitive and affective sensory effects of ONS. The procedure allows a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the relationship between lead positioning, the stimulation settings as well as the sensory and clinical stimulation effects.ConclusionA regular mapping of stimulation and sensory parameters allows a coordinated monitoring. The stimulation results can be reviewed and compared with regards to clinical effectiveness.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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