ReviewTopics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2017
Improving Sexual Satisfaction in Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries: Collective Wisdom.
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- Pooled it
- Providing culturally sensitive sexual medicine for persons with disabilities: a scoping review.Sexual medicine reviews · 2025Article
- Patient-Provider Communication on Concerns Related to Sexuality Following Upper Extremity Surgery.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Dyadic adjustment and the relationship between sexual self-consciousness and sexual dysfunction in individuals with spinal cord injuries: A descriptive study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- Quality of sexual life in Mexican men after spinal cord injury.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- Experiences of patients and their partners with sexual problems after spinal cord injury: A phenomenological qualitative study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2022Article
- Sexual health counselling in patients with spinal cord injury: Health care professionals' perspectives.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2022Article
- Sexuality Support After Spinal Cord Injury: What is Provided in Australian Practice Settings?: Sexuality Support After Spinal Cord Injury.Sexuality and disability · 2022Article
- An evaluation of the factors that affect the sexual satisfaction of people with spinal cord injuries.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2021Article
- Successful conception using home intravaginal insemination following spinal cord injury in a man.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020Article
- Male genital sensation after spinal cord injury: a review.Translational andrology and urology · 2020Review
- Lifestyle modifications and pharmacological approaches to improve sexual function and satisfaction in men with spinal cord injury: a narrative review.Spinal cord · 2020Review
- A Primary Care Provider's Guide to Clinical Needs of Women With Spinal Cord Injury.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2020Article
- A Primary Care Provider's Guide to Sexual Health for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Improving Sexual Function by Using Focal Vibrations in Men with Spinal Cord Injury: Encouraging Findings from a Feasibility Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Orgasm and SCI: what do we know?Spinal cord · 2018Review
- International spinal cord injury male sexual function and female sexual and reproductive function basic data sets-version 2.0.Spinal cord series and cases · 2017Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Sexuality is an important part of life, and it is necessary for clinicians to have a specific format in which to address sexual issues with their patients. A systematic approach to working with patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) to improve their sexual functioning and response is presented. Nonjudgmental communication about sexual concerns is followed by a detailed pre- and postinjury medical, psychosocial, and sexual history. If preexisting sexual issues are present, it is recommended that the patient be referred for assessment and treatment of these separate from the patient's SCI-related concerns. Physical examination, with special attention to issues that could impact the patient's sexuality, is followed by a detailed neurologic assessment with specific attention to the T11-L2 and S3-5 spinal segments. Education of the patient with regard to his or her sexual potential and the need to be flexible in his or her sexual repertoire is followed by self-exploration and practice. Routine follow-up is suggested after patient's initial sexual exploration. Treatment of confounding and iatrogenic factors related to SCI is followed by more sexual experience. Afterwards the clinician is encouraged to use simple techniques to treat sexual issues and follow-up with the patient to assess the outcome. A structured program utilizing vibratory stimulation with or without midodrine is described as a way to achieve ejaculation and potentially orgasm, and techniques for treating severe autonomic dysreflexia are discussed. If these interventions do not alleviate the patient's sexual concerns, the clinician should refer the patient for more specialized consultation.
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