A Medicosocial Study Of Paraplegics In Armed Forces

• Main Authors: Dutta Col P.K (Author), Bhattacharya Col S N (Author), Ghose Maj Gautan (Author), Urmil Col A C (Author), Ganguly S S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A cross sectional study of 81 paraplegics was carried out to determine various medical and psychosocial aspects of the disability. Majority of the cases were results of preventable external injuries, which mostly affected the young productive age group. A large number of cases had permanent impairme...