Effects of pain and pain management on motor recovery of spinal cord-injured patients: A longitudinal study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 753-761

  Cragg, Jacquelyn J ^a   Haefeli, Jenny ^b   Jutzeler, Catherine R ^c   Röhrich, Frank ^d   Weidner, Norbert ^e   Saur, Marion ^f   Maier, Doris D ^g   Kalke, Yorck B ^h   Schuld, Christian ^e   Curt, Armin ^c   Kramer, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Berufsgenossenschaftliche Klinik Bergmanstrost of Halle   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f Pfeiffersche Stiftungen Magdeburg   (Germany)

^g Berufsgenossenschaftliche Klinik   (Germany)

^h Rehabilitationskrankenhaus Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

gabapentin; NSAIDs; pregabalin; spinal cord injury; spontaneous recovery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREGABALIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL RECOVERY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROREHABILITATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN INTENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; AGED; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84981346593     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968315624777     Document Type: Article

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