Reeve, paralyzed in an accident in 1995, had tetraplegia-- a new term for quadriplegia-- and couldn't move anything below his neck.
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More severe injuries may result in paraplegia, tetraplegia ( also known as quadriplegia ), or full body paralysis below the site of injury to the spinal cord.
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The development of hand surgery for tetraplegia has received important contributions through published reports and by the international conferences initiated with the in�uence of Erik Moberg from Goteborg, Sweden.
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Tetraplegia is caused by damage to the brain or the spinal cord at a high level C1 C7 in particular, spinal cord injuries secondary to an injury to the cervical spine.
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Tetraplegia is defined in many ways; C1 C4 usually affects arm movement more so than a C5 C7 injury; however, all tetraplegics have or have had some kind of finger dysfunction.
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Researchers are currently investigating and building motor neuroprosthetics that will help restore movement and the ability to communicate with the outside world to persons with motor disabilities such as tetraplegia or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Paraplegia occurs when the legs are affected by the spinal cord damage ( in thoracic, lumbar, or sacral injuries ), and tetraplegia occurs when all four limbs are affected ( cervical damage ).
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At the moment, the centre caters for children suffering from celebral palsy, epilepsy, hip dislocation, severe mental retardation, amathira ( incapable of speech ), autism and spastic tetraplegia ( incapable of standing without support ).
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In 1988, it was estimated that lifetime care of a 27-year-old rendered person with tetraplegia was about US $ 1 million and that the total national costs were US $ 5.6 billion per year.
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:: And they do have problems with blood clots, see Tetraplegia which notes that such people have high rates of Deep vein thrombosis .-- 32 " "'16 : 23, 1 May 2012 ( UTC)
