Relationships between cardiovascular disease risk, neuropathic pain, mental health, and autonomic function in chronic spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Multicentre, cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To determine if clinical measures of poor mental health (MH-) and neuropathic pain (NP) are related to increased CVD risk in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI), and further elucidate the relationships between CVD risk, autonomic function, NP, and MH-.

Setting: Eight SCI rehabilitation centres in the Netherlands.

Evaluation of cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Multicentre, cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To identify which markers of obesity, injury characteristics and autonomic function variables are related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk after spinal cord injury (SCI), and establish cut-points for detection and risk management.

Setting: Eight SCI rehabilitation centres in the Netherlands.