title: Development of international standards to document sexual and reproductive functions after spinal cord injury: preliminary report.
abstract: Clinicians need standard terminology to communicate effectively about remaining autonomic function in persons after spinal cord injury. This article illustrates the development of standard nomenclature that describes the impact of injury on sexual functioning. A standard anatomic diagnosis and a secondary means of describing the presence of male and female sexual dysfunction, genital arousal, and orgasmic function are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spain Rehabilitation Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, SRC 510, 619 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35249-7330, USA. msipski@uab.edu
authors.forename: Marcalee Sipski
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bodner
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Brackett
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Amie B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sønksen
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*