Abstract #45: Ultrasound Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes

Introduction: Peripheral neuropathies and nerve compression syndromes due to disease, repetitive injury, accidents, and toxins affect 20 million Americans with high costs, long-lasting pain, and sub-optimal outcomes from surgery, drugs, and other therapies. Ultrasound diathermy has been used extensively in physical medicine and physical therapy to treat neuropathic pain. These ultrasound methods are unfocused, use very low power levels, and do not act to modulate the activity of inflamed nerves carrying pain information to the brain.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - January 22, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Andrew Clary, William J. Tyler, Daniel Z. Wetmore Source Type: research