ArticleTopics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2020
A Primary Care Provider's Guide to Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: Screening and Management.
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- Behavioral/Physical and Stimulation Interventions for Chronic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Temporal trends in gabapentinoid use for the acute management of spinal cord injury: a retrospective cohort study.Spinal cord · 2026Article
- Potentially harmful drug-drug interactions in the therapeutic regimens of persons with spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Observational
- Guidelines for chronic pain in adult spinal cord injury population: Scoping review.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2024Article
- Pain medication misuse in the South African spinal cord injury context.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Rehabilitation Professionals' Perspectives on Psychosocial Needs of Family Caregivers of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Study from India.Korean journal of family medicine · 2023Article
- Prescribing patterns for treating common complications of spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Observational
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- Prescribing for common complications of spinal cord injury.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022Article
- Determining the management of pain in people with spinal cord injury by physiotherapists in South Africa.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2022Article
- The presence of pain in community-dwelling South African manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2022Article
- Feasibility of gabapentin as an intervention for neurorecovery after an acute spinal cord injury: Protocol.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Acute injury characteristics predict chronic neuropathic pain development after spinal cord injury.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronic pain as a secondary complication. It can significantly impair mental health, sleep, mood, and overall quality of life. It is important for providers within a primary care setting to recognize the different types of pain such as nociceptive and neuropathic. Various assessment tools are available to guide proper classification and subsequent management. Providers need to have a good knowledge base, structure, and patient focus when managing care. Nonpharmacological interventions are just as important and should be explored prior to or along with pharmacological interventions. Treatment modalities such as physical therapy, exercise, acupuncture, and cognitive behavioral therapy should be tailored to the individual to the greatest extent possible. Gabapentin, pregabalin, and amitriptyline have been studied extensively and are the first-line pharmacological agents for neuropathic pain. It is important to involve patients as equal stakeholders in any pain intervention with adequate lifelong follow-up. The aim of this article is to offer an overview of pain assessment, information, patient interaction, and treatment options available. Although chronic pain has remained difficult to treat successfully, primary care providers can play an integral role in delivering evidence-based and patient-centered care for managing chronic pain among individuals with SCI.
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