Predicting chronic pain two years following a spinal cord injury: Longitudinal study on the reciprocal role of acute pain and PTSD symptoms

To examine a) the development of PTSD symptoms and pain over five months post-spinal cord injury (SCI); b) the directional effects of PTSD symptoms and pain across five months post-SCI; and c) the prediction of chronic pain two-years post-SCI by PTSD symptoms and pain severity in the first five months post-SCI.