10.5281/zenodo.1188179
Pandey Nitin
Mathur Navnendra
Yadav Rajeev
Central Neuropathic Pain After Acute Spinal Cord Injury (Np In Sci): A Case Series Of 494 Sci Cases
Zenodo
2017
Spinal cord injury, Neuropathic pain.
2017-12-31
Journal article
https://zenodo.org/record/1188179
10.5281/zenodo.1188178
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Open Access
<p><em>Pain following Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is very common. So this study was conducted to find out prevalence, associated factors and pattern of Neuropathic Pain (NP) among SCI patients, for which 494 consecutive eligible patients of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) admitted in the Department were evaluated for NP. It was observed that 13.76% of SCI patients complained of neuropathic pain. In 21 to 30 years age group 23.13% and 61.76% cases of neuropathic pain had dorso-lumbar injury. 48.30% cases of neuropathic pain had onset in 2<sub>­</sub><sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> week. Discomfort was more at night (36.76%), in below the knee area and dorsum of the foot. Hot burning type of sensation was the commonest descriptor of NP and range of movement (ROM) exercises and tepid cold water sponging were relieving factors. </em></p>