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Spinal cord injury is considered an injury to the spinal cord causing the loss of movement and sensation in the lower parts of the injured area. The amount of this injury is specified by the person's performance, the lost sensation, and the inability to walk and stand. Spinal cord injuries are divided into two groups, traumatic and non-traumatic, and 71% of spinal cord injuries are caused by trauma. In traumatic injuries, there is direct injury is made to the vertebral column or direct pressure on it, resulting in fracture or displacement of the vertebral bodies or torn ligaments. Non-traumatic injuries involve infections, tumors, inflammation of the spinal cord, blood clots in the spinal arteries, and congenital deformities such as spina bifida. The most common causes of spinal cord injuries are blows to the spinal cord because of road accidents (48%), falls (23%), sports injuries (9%), violence (14%), infection, virus, spinal cord tumor, and surgical complications, etc., (6%). Spinal cord injury often occurs with different physical and psychological symptoms and causes different sensory and motor function disorders in sufferers depending on the injured area.
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Somayeh Zare, profesor adjunto que investiga la rehabilitación deportiva de las lesiones medulares.
