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Multiple Sclerosis
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Leading causes of paralysis in the USA
Working in partnership with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation’s Paralysis Resource Center (PRC)—the nation’s leading information clearinghouse on paralysis and spinal cord injury—researchers designed and conducted an exhaustive survey of more than 33,000 households across the country.
Approximately 1.9 percent of the U.S. population, or 5,596,000 people reported they were living with some form of paralysis, defined by the
study as a central nervous system disorder resulting in difficulty or inability to move the upper or lower extremities.
The leading cause of paralysis
- Stroke (29%).
- Spinal cord injury (23%).
- Multiple Sclerosis (17%).
Degree of Difficulty in Moving
Stroke
- 36% of those who reported being paralysed said they had “a lot of difficulty” in moving.
- 29% said “some difficulty.”
- 17% said “a little difficulty.”
- 16% said they were “completely unable to move.”
Spinal Cord Injury
- 35% of those who reported being paralysed due to a spinal cord injury said they had “a lot of difficulty” in moving.
- 29% percent said they had “some difficulty.”
- 20% said they had “a little difficulty.”
- 13% were “completely unable” to move.”
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