This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Barbara Lutz, R.N, research assistant, discusses Coming to Terms with SCI.
For the newly injured patient there is a lot of change of changes ahead. They will ...
Study design: Cross-sectional survey.
Objectives: The objective of the study was to identify the treatments that people with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) used for their non-neuropathic pains (nonNeuPs) and how they subjectively rated the helpfulness of those treatments.
Setting: Six centers from the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems.
Methods: Three hundred ninety ...
This is a podcast-brief from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.
Most people experience some type of pain after spinal cord injury. For many people, the pain is caused by nerve damage or some other medical problem. For others, the pain is in the muscles, joints, or bones. No matter what ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. In this video, SCI Model Systems Researchers share how they helped two individuals with SCI diagnose and manage their shoulder pain, which resulted from wheelchair use.
Mario ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. This video discusses Shoulder Exercises for People with Spinal Cord Injury.
Up to seventy-eight percent of spinal cord injury patients using hand-propelled wheelchairs experience should pain.
PROVIDER: Mario, ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Barbara Lutz, R.N., research assistant, discusses Does Exercise Prevent or Reduce Pain in SCI Patients.
The study that we’re using the exercises in that is for persons ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Robert Irwin, M.D., Associate Professor, discusses Predicting Pain to Head it Off.
We do have some data that tendons of people with spinal cord injuries tend to ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Robert Irwin, M.D., Associate Professor, discusses Finding the Right Doctor.
If you have any family members with a spinal cord injury or if you yourself are dealing ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Robert Irwin, M.D., Associate Professor, discusses A New Standard of Care.
This is definitely a study that I think will lead to a new standard of care ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Elizabeth Felix, PhD, discusses Assessing Pain in People with Spinal Cord Injury.
An individual with spinal cord injury could have lots of different kinds of pain. Because ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Elizabeth Felix, PhD, discusses The Impact of Pain.
When you’re evaluating a painful condition or chronic pain condition in a person you don’t want to just look ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Elizabeth Felix, PhD, discusses Asking About Pain.
It wasn’t really acknowledged that people with Spinal Cord Injury could have pain in areas where their nervous system wasn’t ...
What is the study about?
The main purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between depression and severity of pain among patients with a recent spinal cord injury or disease. The study also examined patient characteristics, neurological function and etiology (traumatic vs. non-traumatic).
What did the study find?
Demographic and neurological ...
What is the study about?
This experiment was conducted to test whether nicotine taken by mouth in the form of gum reduces or worsens pain felt after spinal cord injury (SCI). Pain was classified as musculoskeletal (MS), pure neuropathic (NP) or complex neuropathic (cNP). MS symptoms include pain described as “aching” ...
What is the study about?
This study aims to examine links between SCIRehab patients and injury characteristics, inpatient rehabilitation treatment, and outcomes at 5-years post-injury. The SCIRehab project was designed to examine what treatments lead to the best outcomes for people with SCI. Outcomes included measures of physical independence, societal participation, ...
What is the study about?
This study examines whether there is a link between spiritual well-being, demographic characteristics, quality of life and depressive symptoms following spinal cord injury (SCI). Specifically, this study looks at to what extent spiritual well-being has on quality life and depressed mood, and if meaning-focused spirituality has ...
What is the study about?
This study examined the effects of an anti-depressant on spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with significant depression. Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder that develops after SCI. Between 25% - 30% of people with SCI are diagnosed with depression. Not only is depression itself disabling, ...
What is the study about?
This study looked at how physical activity (PA) effects depression and satisfaction with life (SWL) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) using both subjective and objective measures. This could lead to better options for people with SCI to improve their quality of life (QOL).
What did ...
What is the study about?
Researchers developed and tested a bank of depression related items for use in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). They utilized the Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) item bank and linked it to the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The goal was to provide a ...
What is the study about?
This study investigated the effectiveness of CareCall, an interactive, low-cost phone system developed for adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Callers to CareCall receive automated medical support and information. Researchers looked at how CareCall is used by and benefits people with SCI ...