title: Prevalence of spinal cord injury in Helsinki.
abstract: METHODS
  Retrospective register-based epidemiological study.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence rate of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) with special reference to ASIA Impairment Grade A-D.
  
  
  METHODS
  Helsinki, Finland.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cases were identified using the registers of the Kapyla Rehabilitation Centre, Helsinki University Central Hospital and the local organization for the disabled. Local health centres were informed about the study, residential service houses were contacted, and announcements were published in patient magazines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A regional population was found to have a prevalence rate of 28/100,000 inhabitants with SCI (ASIA Impairment Scale A-D).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence rate in this study is consistent with the data published in other Nordic countries.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The Finnish Cultural Foundation.
authors.affiliation: Käpylä Rehabilitation Centre, Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dahlberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kotila
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leppänen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kautiainen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alaranta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology