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Recent work explored the relationship between vMTs and spinal evoked compound action potential thresholds (ECAPTs)\u2014a sensed measure of neural activation\u2014in SNI rodents to better translate towards clinical dosing. However, changes across chronic healing beyond two days and pain states is unknown.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study tracked ECAPs through a traditional SNI-SCS approach, where nine rats were implanted with an SCS lead to evaluate effects of acute healing (days 0 to 1), chronic healing (days 1 to 7), nerve injury (days 7 to 14), and continuous SCS (days 14 to 16) using differential target multiplexed programing (DTMP).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>ECAPT:vMT ratios significantly increased on subsequent recordings from day 0 through day 14 (i.e., post-injury), but not between days 14 and 16 (after SCS), across anesthesia states, or SCS pulse widths. 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