Abstract:
Purpose: To assess the functional outcomes of traumatic paraplegic Spinal Cord
Injury (SCI) patients at the time of discharge at CRP. Objective: The aim of this study
was to describe the functional outcomes of a group of patients with traumatic spinal
cord lesions of paraplegic patients being achieved after rehabilitation at time of
discharge and find out the socio-demographic characteristics of traumatic paraplegic
SCI patients. Methodology: The study design was cross sectional. The sample size
were 60 and Purposive sampling technique was used for sample selection from
inpatient of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in Bangladesh which
is the largest spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in South Asia. Data was collected
by modified FIM scale and it was analyzed by SPSS software version 16.0. Results:
Among 60 spinal cord injury patients, most of the patients were young age group and
male 86.7% (n=52) are predominantly higher than female 13.3% (n=8). Majority of
the participants were came from rural area (86.7%) and they were farmer 23.3%
(n=14). Complete A (58.3%) was the most common impairment grading. The skeletal
level of thoracic was most common than lumber level. The skeletal level of thoracic
were 63.4% (n=38) and lumber 36.6% (n=22). In thoracic level, thoracic 12 were
most common and in lumber level, lumber 1 most common of traumatic paraplegia.
Significant improvements were observed from FIM rating scale. Conclusion: The
results of this study provided more insight into the functional outcome of a group of
patients with traumatic spinal cord injury with paraplegia. More research is needed to evaluate the rehabilitation program for these patients.
