Abbreviations

AIS ASIA Impairment Scale
AS Ashworth Scale
ASIA American Spinal Injury Association
AMSTAR A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews
BPI Brief Pain Inventory
CBD cannabidiol
CDC Centre for Disease Control
CGI Clinician Global Impression
CI confidence interval
CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
FDA Food and Drug Administration
MA meta-analysis
MAS Modified Ashworth Scale
NAS National Academy of the Sciences
NIH National Institute of Health
NRS Numeric Rating Scale
n.d. not dated
PEA palmitoylethanolamide
PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database
PGIC Patient Global Impression of Change
PMS Profile of Moods Scales
PRISMA Preferred Reviews and Meta-Analysis
SCI Spinal Cord Injury
SFS Spasm Frequency Scale
SGI Subject Global Impression
SMD statistical mean difference
SR systematic review
SSS statistical sum score
THC delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
VAS Visual Analog Scale
WMS Wechsler Memory Scale