KINESIOL 4B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stim, Baroreceptor, Intracerebral Hemorrhage
20 Sep 2016
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14- special considerations in cvd spinal cord injury. Neurological impairment due to damage to the spinal cord: non-traumatic improper closures, cancer. , traumatic motor vehicle accidents, falls, sport accidents Disrupts motor, sensory and autonomic nervous system functions. Cervical spinal cord injury tetraplegia b/c nerves there and below supply arms too. Based on 2010 study: tried to quaitfy # canadians living with sci based on age, traumatic 41 per million, non-traumatic 68 per million. Overall, 85,556 canadians: 51% traumatic, 49% non-traumatic incidence/prevalence of both are relatively similar they project 2030 figure huge increase in sci in older population. Middle aged value right now will slide over + aging population and injury it will increase further iclicker: authors predict this b/c we are an aging population, will be more injury due to falls, etc. Cvd and sci: data from canada, canadian community health survey, 60,000 canadians, 356 with sci.
