What is it about?
We compounded a topical baclofen 5% cream, and used the cream to counteract pain in this patient suffering from a partial spinal cord injury lesion . Although the pain lessened, the numbness underneath the pain became more evident, and patient complained about being less stable; apparently she 'walked' on her pain.
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Why is it important?
Pain may serve as a sensory feedback mechanism to coordinate walking in a partial spinal cord injury lesion.
Perspectives
This case stipulates professor Buytendijk’s concept: humans do not react to stimuli as defined by scientific physiology, but to the meaning which these stimuli have for the person. In this case Pain after a partial spinal cord injury lesion was preferred over painlessness and numbness because it enabled walking...
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This page is a summary of: Walking with Neuropathic Pain: Paradoxical Shift from Burden to Support?, Case Reports in Medicine, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2015/764950.
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