Chronic pain after spinal cord injury: What characteristics make some pains more disturbing than others?

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 703-716

  Felix, Elizabeth Roy ^a,b   Cruz Almeida, Yenisel ^a,b   Widerström Noga, Eva G ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Intractable pain; Neuropathic pain; Numerical rating scale; Pain descriptors; Pain interference; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Structured interview

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; PAIN DESCRIPTORS; PAIN INTERFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

DOSIMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 54949157325     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.12.0162     Document Type: Article

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