Clinical and demographic profile of XXXX : a mexican hospital-based study.

@entity1 @entity451 @entity1566 @entity3510
STUDY DESIGN: Review of clinical data. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and demographical profile of @entity1 with @entity1566 ( @entity1566 ) admitted to a single center. SETTING: Unidad de Medicina F  sica y Rehabilitaci  n Centro, M  xico.ParticipantsPatients with @entity1566 attending rehabilitation for the first time.InterventionNot applicable.Main measurementsAge, gender, educational level, occupational activity, causes of injury, level of injury, neurological level, injury severity and category were recorded.ResultsFour hundred and sixty-four clinical files of @entity1 with @entity1566 were collected. The mean age was 37.9  15.9 years; 78.2% (363/464) were male, basic educational level predominated in 63.6% (296/464) and 73.1% (339/464) were employed. A fall was the main mechanism of the injury in 41.6% (193/464), replacing automobile accidents from the first place. The mean age of @entity1 who suffered falls was 44  16 years. Injuries sustained by younger @entity1 were due to violence (28.4  10.1 years) and the cause of injury associated with male gender was violence. Thoracic level was most often affected (in 56.7%, 263/464) and neurological level C4 in 13.4% (62/464). In regard to the extent of the injury, lesions classified as American @entity3510 Association A predominated (56.2%, 261/464) as with complete @entity451 in 43.3% (201/464).ConclusionsThe mean age of our @entity1 was 37 years. @entity1 are affected in a higher proportion. Our population has <9 years of study. Physical labor was the usual pre-injury activity. The main mechanism of injury was falls. Thoracic spine was the most affected.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 20 October 2015; doi:10.1038/sc.2015.164.
