Pain is a common secondary
complication following spinal cord injury (SCI) affecting the bio-psycho-social
aspect of patient’s life. In addition to loss of mobility, chronic pain is oneof the most serious consequences of SCI, and the most persistent symptom associated
with spinal cord injury.
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Pain also directly
contributes to disability by limiting participation in rehabilitation and
return to work. Pain may be continuous or it can worsen following SCI, it has
also been observed that patients reporting neuropathic pain 3-6 month following
SCI are likely to continue experiencing it at 3-5 years; in addition, pain has
a broad impact on physical, emotional, cognitive and social functioning that
needs to be evaluated and addressed in any management plan. Achieving optimal
pain reliefs reliant on an accurate identification of the type of pain present
as it has been increasingly recognized that pain following SCI may be due to a
complex combination of changes at a various nervous system levels. Read more>>>>>>>
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