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It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural (brain) elements of the spinal canal. The area of the spinal canal that is affected in paraplegia is either the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions. If four limbs are affected by paralysis, tetraplegia or quadriplegia is the correct term.
A spinal cord injury was caused as a result of a car accident. [28] Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010) – soul singer, paralyzed in an auto accident in 1982. [29] Edward Rainey (born 1961) – Scottish painter [30] Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – Actor, injured in a 1995 eventing accident. [31]
In Pakistan, spinal cord injury is more common in males (92.68%) as compared to females in the 20–30 years of age group with a median age of 40 years, although people from 12–70 years of age suffered from spinal cord injury [73] Rates of injury are at their lowest in children, at their highest in the late teens to early twenties, then get ...
Spinal cord injury can also be non-traumatic and caused by disease (transverse myelitis, polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's ataxia, spinal cord tumor, spinal stenosis etc.) [20] Globally, it is expected there are around 40 to 80 cases of spinal cord injury per million population, and approximately 90% of these cases result from traumatic events ...
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Central cord syndrome (CCS) is the most common form of cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). It is characterized by loss of power and sensation in arms and hands. It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck, leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord. [1]
Paralysis is most often caused by damage in the nervous system, especially the spinal cord.Other major causes are stroke, trauma with nerve injury, poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain–Barré syndrome.
952 Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; 953 Injury to nerve roots and spinal plexus. 953.0 Injury to cervical nerve root; 953.1 Injury to dorsal nerve root; 953.2 Injury to lumbar nerve root; 953.3 Injury to sacral nerve root; 953.4 Injury to brachial plexus; 953.5 Injury to lumbosacral plexus