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How much possibility is there of walking of a paraplagia patient whose spinal chord at D12 region is severely dammaged by a car accident

By Anonymous April 7, 2015 - 7:43am
 
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physiotherapy treatment is going on

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Hello Anonymous,

Welcome to EmpowHER. Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, only the patient's physicians can offer a prognosis.

Paraplegia results when an injury to the spinal cord is below the first thoracic spinal nerve. This results in the loss of feeling and movement, to some degree, of the legs. Paraplegics can experience anything from impairment of leg movement to complete loss of leg movement all the way up to the chest.

The degree of function that a person with paraplegia will experience depends upon the level of injury, type of injury, and whether the injury was complete or incomplete.

Regards,
Maryann

April 7, 2015 - 9:34am
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