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