DEMOGRAPHIC DATA CONCERNING SPINAL CORD INJURY INCIDENCE THAT ARE UNDERTAKING TREATMENT AT THE MEDICAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL B?ILE FELIX

摘要

The purpose of the paper is to present the demographic data obtained following a cohort type, descriptive, comparative, with prospective elements study, and to correlate it with the data from the specialty literature. Material and method. 80 patients from B?ile Felix Medical Rehabilitation Hospital were included in the study, patients who were diagnosed with spinal cord injury (SCI), and evaluated before and after 6 months of recovery treatment. Results and conclusions. We notice that the origin environment is not so significant, but on the other hand, age is an important factor, the maximum incidence being between 21-40 years old (41.25), which correlates with the SCI causes, that is car accidents (58.75%), falls from heights (20.00%) and water jumps (10.0%).