Risk factors for shoulder pain in patients with spinal cord injury: a multicenter study

摘要: Shoulder pain in spinal cord injury (SCI) is common due to the repetition of wheelchair propulsion and increased intra-articular pressure during transfers. Known risk factors for onset shoulder are age level SCI. Aims this study were assess how body mass index affects evaluate relationship between at moment SCI number years pain. A retrospective was performed including subjects with C5 S3. Excluding criteria spina bifida not using manual or presenting before Patients two units reviewed a self-made questionnaire, patients also enrolled sport events. Age SCI, current recorded. Ninety-six enrolled: 77 men 19 women; 46.4 % reported pain. Overweight who do more than 12 transfers per day showed an incidence (p = 0.0434). linear regression significant subject Our confirms that pain, but we demonstrated overweight have higher chances having