Gabapentinoids are effective in decreasing neuropathic pain and other secondary outcomes after spinal cord injury: A meta-analysis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2180-2186

  Mehta, Swati ^a,b,c   McIntyre, Amanda ^a,b,c   Dijkers, Marcel ^d   Loh, Eldon ^a,b,c   Teasell, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; PREGABALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; NEURALGIA; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEPRESSION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84908293063     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.06.010     Document Type: Review

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