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A Prospective, Multicenter, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effects of High-Frequency Stimulation at the Proximal Peripheral Nerves for Treating Chronic Back Pain with 36 Months of Follow-Up.
Pain physician·April 1, 2026·PMID 42013329
Why it mattersFor pain specialists managing refractory chronic low back pain, this provides sham-controlled evidence that proximal peripheral nerve stimulation at T9 may offer durable benefit in both nonsurgical and postsurgical persistent spinal pain syndromes.

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