Rehabilitation Sciences 4212A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cauda Equina, Spinal Stenosis, Myelitis
26 Dec 2018
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Lecture 3: spinal cord injury: first paralympics 1948, only a spinal cord injury if there are neurological damage. Epidemiology: traumatic and non-traumatic sci in canada -- 2010 estimates. Alabama (2005: slight trend for increasing proportion of females, age differences, most people with traumatic sci are younger when injured but . Picture shows the higher rates for non-trauma and the higher ages for it. Need to modify the rehab for the older adults as there are many more now while still keeping with the program for the younger adults. Implications for rehab different functional goals for people with different. Classification of spinal cord injury (isncsci: endorsed by american spinal injury association (asia) & international spinal cord. If its different it"s a one and if it"s the same it"s a 2: do on cheek and else where cause cheek isn"t affected by sci.
