Contemporary Trends in the Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Changes in Age and Etiology

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Authors

Carlos Henrique Suzuki Bellucci · Universidade de São Paulo

José Everton de Castro Filho

Cristiano Mendes Gomes

José de Bessa

Linamara Rizzo Battistella · All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Daniel Rúbio de Souza · All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Márcia Scazufca · Universidade de São Paulo

Homero Bruschini

Abstract

There was a major increase in the average age of patients as well as changes in the etiology of SCI over the past fifteen years, including a significant decrease in gunshot wounds and an increase in the frequency of road traffic injuries and falls. These changes and accompanying risk factors must be taken into consideration when planning measures to prevent SCI.

Topics & Keywords

Spinal Cord Injury Research Trauma Management and Diagnosis Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Neuroepidemiology

Volume 44, Issue 2, pp. 85-90

DOI: 10.1159/000371519

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