ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2020
Prevalence and Characteristics of Neuropathic Pain in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Referred to a Rehabilitation Center.
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- Efficacy of neuromodulation and rehabilitation approaches on pain relief in patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Pooled it
- Research progress in neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: a bibliometric study from 2013 to 2024.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Preliminary efficacy of cognitive multisensory rehabilitation for neuropathic pain in chronic spinal cord injury: a phase I randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
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- An Exploratory EEG Analysis on the Effects of Virtual Reality in People with Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Trial
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- Neuroplasticity-Driven Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Neuropathic Pain.Brain and behavior · 2026Review
- Spinal nociceptive and non-nociceptive processing of cutaneous afferent input in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Astrocytic Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Upregulation Contributes to Chronic Below-Level Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury in Male Rats.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Clinical Characteristics of Adults Living with a Spinal Cord Injury Across the Continuum of Care: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Curcumin reduces pain after spinal cord injury in rats by decreasing oxidative stress and increasing GABAA receptor and GAD65 levels.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Prospects of Microglia-Astrocyte Interactions in Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Comparative outcomes of microsurgical dorsal root entry zone lesioning (DREZotomy) for intractable neuropathic pain in spinal cord and cauda equina injuries.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Occurrence of neuropathic pain and its characteristics in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- 1953-2023. Seventy Years of the Nerve Growth Factor: A Potential Novel Treatment in Neurological Diseases?Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Analysis of Influencing Factors of Major Depression After Spinal Cord Injury.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
- Post-discharge follow-up of patients with spine trauma in the National Spinal Cord Injury Registry of Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and lessons learned.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2024Observational
- Electroencephalography-based biological and functional characteristics of spinal cord injury patients with neuropathic pain and numbness.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Ectopic expression of Nav1.7 in spinal dorsal horn neurons induced by NGF contributes to neuropathic pain in a mouse spinal cord injury model.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Article
- Feasibility of using remotely delivered Spring Forest Qigong to reduce neuropathic pain in adults with spinal cord injury: a pilot study.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify the prevalence and characteristics of neuropathic pain (NP) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to investigate associations between NP and demographic or disease-related variables.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with SCI whose pain was classified according to the International Spinal Cord Injury Pain classifications at a single hospital. Multiple statistical analyses were employed. Patients aged <19 years, and patients with other neurological disorders and congenital conditions were excluded.
resultsOf 366 patients, 253 patients (69.1%) with SCI had NP. Patients who were married or had traumatic injury or depressive mood had a higher prevalence rate. When other variables were controlled, marital status and depressive mood were found to be predictors of NP. There was no association between the prevalence of NP and other demographic or clinical variables. The mean Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) of NP was 4.52, and patients mainly described pain as tingling, squeezing, and painful cold. Females and those with below-level NP reported more intense pain. An NRS cut-off value of 4.5 was determined as the most appropriate value to discriminate between patients taking pain medication and those who did not.
conclusionIn total, 69.1% of patients with SCI complained of NP, indicating that NP was a major complication. Treatment planning for patients with SCI and NP should consider that marital status, mood, sex, and pain subtype may affect NP, which should be actively managed in patients with an NRS ≥4.5.
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