The Prevalence of Shoulder Pain in Spinal Cord Injury Patients using Manual Wheelchair in KPK (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). | [Journal of Islamic International Medical College • 2017]

Author(s):

1. Sayed Zulfiqar Ali Shah: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Rehman College of Rehabilitation Sciences Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan

2. Sajida Mazhar: Department of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Sciences Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan

Abstract:

Objective: To determine the prevalence of shoulder pain in spinal cord injury patient using manual wheelchairs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Study Design: Cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Paraplegic Center Peshawar from 1st January 2014 to 30th June 2014. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional survey using convenience sampling method was used to determine the prevalence of shoulder pain in spinal cord injury patients using manual wheelchair at Paraplegic Center Hayatabad Peshawar. A total of one hundred and fifty traumatic paraplegic and tetraplegic patients using manual wheelchair post two weeks were included in this study. Wheelchair user shoulder pain index (WUSPI) was used as data collection tool. Descriptive statistic was applied. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for identifying the responses of patients to different questions, for level of injury, and identifying the prevalence. Results: A total of one hundred and fifty (150) manual wheelchair user tetraplegic and paraplegic spinal cord injury patients were included in this study. Among them 84% were male while 16% were female. The prevalence of shoulder pain was 34.7% while performing different activities in manual wheelchair users. From patient's responses, it was declared that shoulder pain was most common while pushing on inclined surfaces and ramps, pushing the wheelchair for 10 minutes or more, sleeping on the shoulder and transferring from bed into wheelchair. While at rest 89.3% of the subjects were free of pain. Conclusion: Most of the traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) manual wheelchair users (MWUs) complain of shoulder pain during the course of their rehabilitation program. Shoulder pain restricts most important activities of daily living like pushing wheelchair on inclined surfaces, ramps and transferring from bed to wheelchair and wheelchair to bed.

Page(s): 101-105

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Year: 2017

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