Locked-in syndrome (LIS), caused by severe damage to the pons, is a serious neurological
condition of movement deficiency, characterized by quadriplegia and aphonia. Spinal
cord stimulation (SCS), the most common neuromodulation therapy, has recently been
shown to restore walking in patients with spinal cord injury [
[1]
]. The possibility of SCS treatment in LIS is still unclear. We reported the first
application of cervical SCS in a classic LIS patient with encouraging outcomes.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: August 12, 2019
Accepted:
August 8,
2019
Received in revised form:
August 5,
2019
Received:
July 9,
2019
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