Fractures and musculoskeletal ailments in persons 20+ years after a traumatic spinal cord injury in Norway.

Vesna Miloshevska JakimovskaEmil KostovskiFin Biering-SørensenIngeborg Beate Lidal

Published in: Spinal cord series and cases (2018)

Around half of the 165 participants reported to have suffered a fracture and over 100 to experience musculoskeletal ailment 20 years after injury. We suggest that prevention strategies and symptom management must be embedded in follow-up visits after SCI.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
spinal cord
neuropathic pain
hip fracture
patient reported