Unveiling the mosaic: comparing demographics and outcomes in traumatic vs. non-traumatic spinal cord injuries

This study compares patients with spinal cord injuries from trauma versus other causes to see how they recover. Researchers looked at patient records to understand how well people recovered movement and independence after different types of spinal cord injuries. The study found that while there are differences between the two groups, factors like age and severity of the injury are more important for recovery than the cause of the injury.

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  Traumatic SCI patients were more often male, younger, and had more associated injuries.
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  Both traumatic and nontraumatic groups showed similar improvements in neurological and functional status during rehabilitation.
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  The main factors impacting neurological and functional status at discharge were age, lesion level, and severity, rather than the etiology of the lesion.