Citation

Weingarden SI, Graham PM. Paraplegia 1989; 27(6): 423-427.

Affiliation

Southeastern Michigan Spinal Cord Injury System, Rehabilitation Institute, Detroit 48201.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group -- Palgrave-Macmillan)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2608294

Abstract

Falls are the major cause of spinal cord injuries in older people. The pattern of injury seen most frequently is that of a central cord syndrome due to cervical hyperextension. The medical records of 58 patients over 50 years of age who sustained a spinal cord injury in a fall were reviewed for circumstances of onset, length of stay and outcomes of rehabilitation. The study identified elderly single or widowed men, and those who use alcohol, as high risk groups.

Language: en