Paraplegia
impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paraplegia is paralysis of the legs and lower half of the body. It happens when the spinal cord is damaged in the thoracic, lumbar or sacral area. Sometimes, they are kept alive by a life-support machine. It sometimes happens when the patients get a disease or spinal cord injury.[1]
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Superior paraplegia
Superior paraplegia is a type of paraplegia where patients cannot use their arms and the top of their body.[2] A person who has paraplegia is sometimes called a paraplegic.[1]
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