Long-term physical therapy for neuropathic pain after cervical spinal cord injury and resting state electroencephalography: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury is difficult to treat, and it is associated with abnormalities in the function of the thalamus-to-cortex neural circuitry. Aerobic exercise provides immediate improvement in neuropathic pain and is associated with abnormal resting electroencephalography (EEG) findings in patients with spinal cord injury. This study aimed to investigate whether physical therapy, including walking, can improve neuropathic pain and EEG peak alpha frequency (PAF) in the long term in a patient with cervical spinal cord injury.

Case presentation

A 50-year-old man was admitted with a cervical spinal cord insufficiency injury sustained one week prior. The residual height was C5. Neuropathic pain was observed in the fingers bilaterally. A numeric

SUBMITTER: Sato G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature