Women with spinal cord injury (SCI) have unique medical and psychosocial needs that have not been specifically addressed in spinal cord medicine research. The purpose of this article is to summarize the gender-specific problems, effective interventions, and gaps in knowledge noted in the current literature on women with SCI. This article indicates that most of the evidence to support current medical practices is based on nonrandomized trials or is based on evidence from controlled studies done either in the non-SCI population or in a mixed sample of men and women with SCI. As more attention is now being given to different women's issues after SCI, expansion of these investigations is recommended.

community reintegration, depression, exercise, gynecology, spinal cord injury, osteoporosis, preventive medicine, sexuality, urology, women
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