Evidence

Skin

Electrical stimulation to prevent recurring pressure ulcers in individuals with a spinal cord injury compared to usual care: the Spinal Cord Injury PREssure VOLTage (SCI PREVOLT) study protocol | SpringerLink

Feasibility of overnight electrical stimulation-induced muscle activation in people with a spinal cord injury. A Pilot study

Continuous pressure monitoring of inpatient spinal cord injured patients: implications for pressure ulcer development | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Risk factors for hospital acquired pressure injury in patients with spinal cord injury during first rehabilitation: prospective cohort study | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Pressure ulcers – it could be you... - YouTube

Bladder management

Barriers and facilitators to optimising inpatient bladder management after spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

What do X-ray images of the bladder during video urodynamics show us in patients with spinal cord injury? | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Multidrug-resistant bacteria in urine culture among patients with spinal cord injury and disorder: Time to first detection and analysis of risk factors | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Bowel management

Guideline for the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury/disease | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Retrospective trends in length of stay and bowel management at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation among individuals with spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Barriers and facilitators to changing bowel care practices after spinal cord injury: a Theoretical Domains Framework approach | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Pain

JCM | Free Full-Text | The Key Role of Lifestyle Factors in Perpetuating Chronic Pain: Towards Precision Pain Medicine (mdpi.com)

The CanPain SCI clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation management of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: 2021 update | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Microsoft Word - MASCIP_Neuropathic_Pain_Guidelines__2nd_Edition__2008.doc

Understanding Pain in less than 5 minutes, and what to do about it! - YouTube

Autonomic Dysreflexia

NHS Improvement video highlights the risk of Autonomic Dysreflexia to support Patient Safety Alert

NHS England » Patient Safety Alert: Resources to support safer bowel care for patients at risk of autonomic dysreflexia

Tracey's story https://youtu.be/WYkQgmEAEUk

Are local analgesics effective in reducing autonomic dysreflexia in individuals with spinal cord injury? A systematic review | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Heart rate changes associated with autonomic dysreflexia in daily life of individuals with chronic spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Respiratory management

Pulmonary rehabilitation in high cervical spinal cord injury: a series of 133 consecutive cases | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Development of a swallowing risk screening tool and best practice recommendations for the management of oropharyngeal dysphagia following acute cervical spinal cord injury: an international multi-professional Delphi consensus (tandfonline.com)

Analysis of the risk factors for tracheostomy and decannulation after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury in an aging population | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Multidisciplinary Team Management

Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Implementation of a Multidisc...: Ingenta Connect

Standard set of network outcomes for traumatic spinal cord injury: a consensus-based approach using the Delphi method | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

Management of sleep-disordered breathing in three spinal cord injury rehabilitation centres around the world: a mixed-methods study | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

The value of the whole picture: rehabilitation outcome measurement using patient self-report and clinician-based assessments after spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord (nature.com)

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