[Spinal cord injury in patients over 65 years of age].

Introduction: Physically active population over 65 years old is increasing, they are at risk of falls and spinal cord injury in a range of age with significant presence of chronic pathology.

Aim: To review the incidence, type of injury, associated complications and functional recovey of spinal cord injury in patients over 65 years.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective descriptive study about patients over 65 years admitted in Hospital Nacional de Paraplejicos with spinal cord injury from January 2010 to December 2011.