Effects of short pulse-width stimulation on gait ataxia of Essential Tremor patients implanted with thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation

In this study we investigated the effect of stimulation pulse- width on gait ataxia of ET patients. We envisioned that short pulse-width (30 μs) could prevent gait disturbances in ET patients by selective neurostimulation only of fast conducting dentate-thalamic myelinated fibers, thus ensuring tremor suppression but without ataxia symptoms.

Source: Gait and Posture - October 1, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: C. Palmisano, M. Reich, J. Volkmann, C.A. Frigo, I.U. Isaias Source Type: research