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. 1998 Jan;79(1):20-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-9993(98)90201-5.

Bowel care practices in chronic spinal cord injury patients

S C Kirshblum  1 , M Gulati, K C O'Connor, S J Voorman
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Bowel care practices in chronic spinal cord injury patients

S C Kirshblum et al. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To determine current characteristics of bowel care practices of chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.

Design: Prospective interview and examination of 100 SCI patients injured for more than 1 year.

Setting: Freestanding rehabilitation outpatient SCI center.

Participants: One hundred chronic SCI patients.

Results: The following bowel program characteristics were found: alternate-day programs were most common; most subjects performed their programs in the morning; and tetraplegic subjects performed their programs less often, used suppositories more often, required greater assistance, and took longer to complete their programs.

Conclusions: Bowel dysfunction in chronic SCI need not be associated with complications in the majority of cases.

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