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Table 3 Outcome measures pre and post stimulation therapy

From: Single arm prospective multicenter case series on the use of burst stimulation to improve pain and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease

Outcome

DBS prior / stimulation parameter

Pre stimulation (SD)

Post stimulation (SD)

P-value1

Sample size (n)

VAS scores

No

8.9 (1.4)

3.8 (2.6)

0.00072

7

Yes

8.5 (1.4)

3.3 (2.5)

.00012

8

VAS scores

Continuous burst

9.4 (0.8)

4.9 (2.5)

0.002

6

Cycle mode burst

7.8 (1.4)

2.6 (2.0)

.0001

7

  1. 1(t-test, two-tailed)
  2. 2Significant value defined as p-value < 0.05