Research Article Abdominal Pain: A Comparison between Neurogenic Bowel

Copyright © 2013 Pia Møller Faaborg et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Introduction.Most spinal-cord-injured patients have constipation. One-third develop chronic abdominal pain 10 years ormore after injury. Nevertheless, very little is known about the nature of abdominal pain after spinal cord injury (SCI). It may be neuropathic or caused by constipation. Aim. To compare characteristics of abdominal pain in SCI with able-bodied with chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC). Subjects andMethods. 21 SCI and 15 CIC patients were referred for treatment of bowel symptoms. Constipation