Experience of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain during rehabilitation of spinal cord injury patient.

Abstract

Purpose : The purpose of the study was to explore the pain experiences of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain during rehabilitation of spinal cord injury patient. Objectives: To find out the pain experience of patients with upper extremity musculoskeletal pain during rehabilitation of spinal cord injury. Methodology: A cross sectional research design was carried out in this study, purposive sampling method was used to collect data and data was collected by face to face interview from 60 subjects. This study was chosen to conduct this study among 60 participants who were selected according to inclusion criteria. To find out upper extremity musculoskeletal pain during rehabilitation experience the spinal cord injury pain a standard questionnaire was used. Results: Out of 60 participants with SCI were experiences of shoulder pain 45%(n=31),13.3%(n=8) elbow pain, wrist pain 23.3(n=14), shoulder to elbow pain 1.7%(n= 1), shoulder to wrist pain 3%(n= 3), elbow to wrist pain 0% and below wrist pain 3.3% (n=2) during rehabilitation and the association of different parameters result are not significance. Conclusion: The percentage of finding result was approximate to other study of musculoskeletal pain during rehabilitation SCI patients and the correlation between pain intensity and other association of different parameters are not significance, the study results may also useful for the prevention of reducing the pain percentage. Key words: pain; upper extremity; spinal cord injury; rehabilitation. v