Electricity in the treatment of nervous system disease.
Acta Neurochir Suppl
; 97(Pt 1): 11-9, 2007.
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| ID: mdl-17691352
ABSTRACT
Electricity has been used in medicine for almost two millenniums beginning with electrical chocks from the torpedo fish and ending with the implantation of neuromodulators and neuroprostheses. These implantable stimulators aim to improve functional independence and quality of life in various groups of disabled people. New indications for neuromodulation are still evolving and the field is rapidly advancing. Thanks to modern science and computer technology, electrotherapy has reached a degree of sophistication where it can be applied relatively safely and effectively in a variety of nervous system diseases, including pain, movement disorders, epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, psychiatric disease, addiction, coma, urinary incontinence, impotence, infertility, respiratory paralysis, tinnitus and blindness.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia por Estimulação Elétrica
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Doenças do Sistema Nervoso
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Neurochir Suppl
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos