PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 12 , Pages 1077-1090 , December 2009

Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of Classification, Treatment Approaches, and Treatment Assessment

  • Diana D. Cardenas, MD, MHA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016960 (C-206), Miami, FL 33010†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D.D.C.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth R. Felix, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, Miami, FL‡

Received 4 December 2008 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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