Upper extremity pain in spinal cord cord injured patients post-rehabilitation: A preliminary report

Authors

Kai-Ping Tseng
Alice M. K. Wong

Translated Title

脊髓損傷病人上肢疼痛之探討：初步報告

Abstract

This study followed up 59 spinal cord injure(SCI)patients , including 33 quadriplegic and 26 paraplegic.There're 50.8%(30/59) of SCI patients reported upper extremity (UE)pain , most common ar the shoulder . The prevalence of UE pain in male SCI is slightly higher than in famale SCI patients. Separately speaking , there're 72.7%(24/33) quadriplegic with UE pain and risk factors including(1) injure period＜2 years(2)age＞30 years old. There're 23.1% (6/26) paraplegic with UE pain and risk factors including(1)no pressure sore (2) injured period ＞ 9 months (3)traumatic injured (4) fracture-dislocation injured (5) lower activity(6)male. The prevalence of UE pain in quadriplegic is significant larger than in paraplegic.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

45

Last Page

51

Recommended Citation

Tseng, Kai-Ping and Wong, Alice M. K. (1994) "Upper extremity pain in spinal cord cord injured patients post-rehabilitation: A preliminary report," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/3005-3846.1913
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol22/iss2/9