Initial factors predicting functional performance in patients with traumatic tetraplegia.
The authors present a prospective analysis of the functional outcome in 99 patients with traumatic tetraplegia consecutively admitted to the Pellegrin Hospital (University Hospital, Bordeaux, France). There was a 29% death rate. Eighteen months after injury, 33% of the patients were dependent (not able to perform activities of daily living without the presence of a helping individual), 38% were independent. Two predictors of independence (age and initial Yale Scale Score) were found by a statistical analysis of the course of the disorder.
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Service Rééducation Fonctionnelle Neurologique, Tastet Girard Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
Dartigues
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Mazaux
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Barat
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016019:Survival Analysis