The effects of psychological factors on efficacy of spinal cord stimulation

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) appears to be an effective treatment for neuropathic pains, but long-term benefit of more than one year is only found in a proportion of patients treated. This thesis hypothesised that psychological factors may be important as determinants of outcome. A literature revie...

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Main Author: Sparkes, Elizabeth Emma Grace
Published: Birmingham City University 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580588