Anupam Gupta|Arun B. Taly|Abhishek Srivastava|S Vishal|T Murali
Traumatic vs non-traumatic spinal cord lesions: comparison of neurological and functional outcome after in-patient rehabilitation
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences|National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences|National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences|National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences|National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
retrospective comparative study 2 years durationto compare neurological functional outcome length stay persons traumatic vs nontraumatic spinal cord lesion scl inpatient rehabilitationneurological rehabilitation department tertiary research center bangalore karnataka indiaseventysix inpatients spinal cord lesion traumatic 38 patients mf344 nontraumatic 38 patients mf1622 admitted inpatient multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation asia impairment scale duration stay dos admission dischargebarthel index scores groups recorded compared analyzedasia impairment scale scores significantly higher nontraumatic group admission discharge p0020 0017 respectively showing lesser impairment nontraumatic group dos rehabilitation higher traumatic group compared nontraumatic group 65974766 vs 60684569 days although statistically significant p005 barthel index scores 28681715 vs 27631496 admission 54212510 vs 51441986 discharge traumatic nontraumatic groups respectively patients n76 showed significant improvement barthel index p0000 statistically significant difference p005 recorded two groups admission discharge orthoses required significantly frequently p0043 traumatic scl groupthe study showed despite impairment persons traumatic spinal cord lesion statistically significant difference length stay functional outcome persons traumatic nontraumatic spinal cord lesion inpatient rehabilitation