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Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in Beijing, China

Objective: To describe epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) and to conduct a comparison with data from 2002. Design: Retrospective research. Setting: China Rehabilitation Research Center (CRRC), Beijing. Methods: Five hundred and ninety patients with TSCI were admitted to...

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Autores principales: Liu, Jun, Liu, Hong-Wei, Gao, Feng, Li, Jun, Li, Jian-Jun
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8986294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32703104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2020.1793505
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Liu, Hong-Wei
Gao, Feng
Li, Jun
Li, Jian-Jun
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Liu, Hong-Wei
Gao, Feng
Li, Jun
Li, Jian-Jun
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description Objective: To describe epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) and to conduct a comparison with data from 2002. Design: Retrospective research. Setting: China Rehabilitation Research Center (CRRC), Beijing. Methods: Five hundred and ninety patients with TSCI were admitted to the CRRC from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2019. We collected data on sex, age, marital status, etiology, occupation, neurological level of injury, and the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale on admission, time of injury and treatment. Results: Statistically significant differences were observed between data from 2002 and the present results (P < 0.001). The mean age of patients with TSCI was 46.3 ± 15.5 years, and the male/female ratio was 4.73:1. The incidence of TSCI increased gradually with age and peaked in the 40–49 age group. The most common occupation was worker (28.6%), followed by office clerk (16.8%) and retired (15.4%). Fall from heights (30.8%), followed by traffic accidents (27.6%) and low falls (25.1%), were the leading etiologies of TSCI. A majority of patients (54.9%) had cervical injuries, 91.9% underwent surgical treatment, and the lowest number of injuries were recorded during winter (19.6%). Conclusion: According to the changes in the epidemiological characteristics of TSCI, preventative strategies should be readjusted. We should pay more attention to the risk of low falls of the elderly. The authors recommend that stricter regulatory practices and safety measures should be developed alongside infrastructure improvements to reduce, and perhaps prevent TSCI.
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spelling pubmed-89862942022-04-07 Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in Beijing, China Liu, Jun Liu, Hong-Wei Gao, Feng Li, Jun Li, Jian-Jun J Spinal Cord Med Research Articles Objective: To describe epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) and to conduct a comparison with data from 2002. Design: Retrospective research. Setting: China Rehabilitation Research Center (CRRC), Beijing. Methods: Five hundred and ninety patients with TSCI were admitted to the CRRC from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2019. We collected data on sex, age, marital status, etiology, occupation, neurological level of injury, and the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale on admission, time of injury and treatment. Results: Statistically significant differences were observed between data from 2002 and the present results (P < 0.001). The mean age of patients with TSCI was 46.3 ± 15.5 years, and the male/female ratio was 4.73:1. The incidence of TSCI increased gradually with age and peaked in the 40–49 age group. The most common occupation was worker (28.6%), followed by office clerk (16.8%) and retired (15.4%). Fall from heights (30.8%), followed by traffic accidents (27.6%) and low falls (25.1%), were the leading etiologies of TSCI. A majority of patients (54.9%) had cervical injuries, 91.9% underwent surgical treatment, and the lowest number of injuries were recorded during winter (19.6%). Conclusion: According to the changes in the epidemiological characteristics of TSCI, preventative strategies should be readjusted. We should pay more attention to the risk of low falls of the elderly. The authors recommend that stricter regulatory practices and safety measures should be developed alongside infrastructure improvements to reduce, and perhaps prevent TSCI. Taylor & Francis 2020-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8986294/ /pubmed/32703104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2020.1793505 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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title_short Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in Beijing, China
title_sort epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in beijing, china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8986294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32703104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2020.1793505
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