What is it about?
The different types of paralysis after spinal cord injuries are not clearly described, that's our terminology proposal: considering the spinal cord origin of the main key muscles for the limbs, patients who present complete injury affecting spinal cord segments C1-5 usually manifest with “tetraplegia”; at C6-T1 presents with “paraplegia and brachial diparesis”; at T2-L2 with “paraplegia”; and at L3-S1 with “paraparesis”
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Why is it important?
to unify the proper description of the motor deficit of patient with spinal cord injury
Perspectives
I believe this neurological terminology should be become widespread to avoid miscommunication whenever addressing the motor deficit of patient with spinal cord injury
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This page is a summary of: Tetraplegia or paraplegia with brachial diparesis? What is the most appropriate designation for the motor deficit in patients with lower cervical spinal cord injury?, The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1160-4.
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