Use of analgesic drugs in individuals with spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-94

  Budh, Cecilia Norrbrink ^a,b   Lundeberg, Thomas ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Opiates; Pain; Pain discomfort; Pain intensity; Pain unpleasantness; Polypharmacy; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 15944364145     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970410020455     Document Type: Article

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