title: [Spinal cord injuries caused by aviation accidents].
abstract: During the past 15 years fewer than 1% of those treated in the National Spinal Cord Injury Center were injured as a result of aviation accidents. In addition to 9 such patients treated at the center since 1973, another 6 were found among the many hundreds receiving ambulatory care in our clinics. 3 patients had survived a helicopter crash, 2 were injured while ejecting from combat aircraft, 3 were injured in crashes of light aircraft, 1 fell from a hand glider and 6 were injured in parachute drops. Of the 15 reviewed, 6 use wheelchairs, 3 walk assisted by orthopedic devices, while 6 ambulate freely. Although initial hospitalization was not substantially longer than in other patients with spinal cord injuries, extended ambulatory psychological intervention was necessary.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohry
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeilig
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gur
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy