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SCI

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Journal

Accession No.:

J73918

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European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

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Abstract:

Study examined the relationship between pain severity and mobility among patients who have sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). A multi-center, cross-sectional study was performed to assess the impact of mobility on self-reported pain using information from 1,980 subjects who sustained a traumatic SCI and completed a year-one follow-up interview between October 2000 and December 2013. The data was obtained from the SCI National Database, compiled by the affiliated SCI Model Systems. Analyses included a multivariable linear regression of patients' self-reported pain scores, measured using the Brief Pain Inventory, on mobility, quantified using the Craig Handicap and Assessment Reporting Technique Short-Form CHART-SF mobility total score, and other clinically relevant covariates. After controlling for potential confounders, a significant quadratic relationship between mobility and patients' self-reported pain was observed. Furthermore, female gender, unemployed occupational status, paraplegia, and the presence of depressive symptoms were associated with significantly higher pain scores. Statistically significant quadratic associations between pain scores and age at injury, life satisfaction total score, and the CHART-SF occupational total subscale were also observed. The findings suggest that among patients with moderate-to-high levels of mobility, pain scores decrease with increasing mobility.

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