Survival in traumatic spinal cord injury.

The present study was conducted on 1510 persons between 1 December 1973 and 31 December 1980. Of these, 1478 (97.9 per cent) were traced by questionnaire.

Foot mass effect on gait in the prosthetic limb.

A series of patients with amputations were investigated to determine the effect on gait of increasing the mass of the prosthetic foot. Weights of 113.4 and 226.

Survival in traumatic transverse myelitis.

Spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia or tetraplegia has from time immemorial led to early death. Mortality figures as high as 80% over a few years have been noted. Following World War II as a consequence of the intensive care extended to these casualties, the mortality has been significantly diminished.

A model for the future care of acute spinal cord injuries.

This is a review of the total care of those acute spinal cord injury patients in Ontario during the years 1969 and 1970, from extrication and transportation following the accident to death, or the completion of primary definitive rehabilitation. Information was extracted from the available ambulance records, the patients and many of the responsible physicians were interviewed personally. The study was detailed and intensive and included a review of each patient's hospital records in each hospital up to discharge from the rehabilitation programme into the community, or to a chronic care unit.

REHABILITATION FACILITIES IN ONTARIO.

Rehabilitation centres in Ontario were surveyed and categorized as in-patient and outpatient services, specialized centres for particular diseases, and vocational retraining centres. It is evident that many gaps exist in the pattern of rehabilitation facilities and services in the province. In some areas the facilities are grouped too closely together, necessitating transport of patients from great distances.

Rehabilitation in disseminated sclerosis: an evaluation of 28 patients.

The results of rehabilitation have been described and evaluated in a group of 28 patients moderately severely disabled with disseminated sclerosis between the ages of 19 and 71 years and in a controlled hospital setting. Twenty-three suffered chronic progressive disease and five were in remission from an acute exacerbation. They had had the disease an average of 12.