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- Title
Understanding Pain in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury.
- Authors
Zahl, Melissa L.; Piatt, Jennifer A.; Coleman, Christina
- Abstract
For individuals with spinal cord injury, pain is the leading secondary health condition. SCI-related pain is complicated because it is multifaceted in nature. Individuals with SCI-related pain may experience visceral, neuropathic, and musculoskeletal pain at different locations and with varying intensities at the same time or intermittently. In recent years, SCI scholars created a taxonomy to classify SCI-related pain. This classification was to communicate the complexity of SCI-related pain, as well as to help clinicians and individuals with SCI explain pain experiences. Because of the multifaceted nature of SCI-related pain, many individuals with SCI do not experience relief with conventional oral pharmacological options. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe pain and SCI-related pain and to provide implications for recreational therapy practice. Implications include the identification of potential reliable and valid pain measures for individuals with SCI and evidence-based interventions such as physical activity, complementary and alternative therapies, and multidisciplinary pain management techniques to manage SCI-related pain. Recommendations for research and practice note continuing needs to gather evidence on treatment time and recreational therapy interventions employed with SCI-related pain while developing and testing pain management protocols.
- Subjects
SPINAL cord injuries; PAIN; PAIN measurement; PERIPHERAL neuropathy; RECREATIONAL therapy; PHYSICAL activity; HEALTH care teams; MUSCULOSKELETAL pain; ALTERNATIVE medicine; ABDOMINAL pain; PAIN management; NOCICEPTIVE pain; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 2023, Vol 57, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
0040-5914
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18666/TRJ-2023-V57-I2-11760