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The authors present a prospective analysis of the functional outcome in 99 patients with traumatic tetraplegia consecutively admitted to the Pellegrin Hospital (University Hospital, Bordeaux, France). There was a 29% death rate. Eighteen months after injury, 33% of the patients were dependent (not able to perform activities of daily living without the presence of a helping individual), 38% were independent. Two predictors of independence (age and initial Yale Scale Score) were found by a statistical analysis of the course of the disorder.
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Daverat, P., Dartigues, J., Mazaux, J. et al. Initial factors predicting functional performance in patients with traumatic tetraplegia. Spinal Cord 28, 414–419 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1990.55
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