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Clinical Trial Report

High-Frequency Impulse Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Back Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Kasra Amirdelfan1 IPM Medical Group, Walnut Creek, CA, USAView further author information
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Mindy Hong2 Hinge Health, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2755-3812View further author information
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Bobby Tay3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Surekha Reddy4 Spine and Nerve Diagnostic Center, Roseville, CA, USAView further author information
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Vinay Reddy4 Spine and Nerve Diagnostic Center, Roseville, CA, USAView further author information
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Michael Yang5 Summit Pain Alliance, Santa Rosa, CA, USAView further author information
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Krishn Khanna3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Prasad Shirvalkar6 UCSF Weill Institute of Neurosciences University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Christopher Abrecht7 Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Amitabh Gulati8 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1654-8639View further author information
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Pages 2991-2999 | Published online: 22 Sep 2021

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