Paraplegia
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Denmark has a population of about 5.2 million. The rehabilitation of spinal cord injured (SCI) takes place in two specialised rehabilitation hospitals. The incidence of new traumatic SCI admitted to these hospitals in the period 1975-1984 was 9.2 per million per year. ⋯ Traffic accidents gave rise to more cervical, and falls to more caudal lesions. 41% of the traumatic SCI had an improvement in their neurological status after their admission to the neurosurgical department until the discharge from the rehabilitation hospital. Those with incomplete lesions showed greater improvement than those with complete lesions regardless of the level. Complete cervical lesions had significant better remissions than complete thoracic/lumbar lesions.