Abstract
Objective: To document the demographic and clinical profile of persons who sustained spinal cord injury (SCI) as a result of accidental falls and to determine the usual circumstances surrounding the fall-induced SCI.Design: Cohort study.Setting: 21 SCI Model Systems centers throughout the United States.Participants: 6,408 individuals with traumatic SCI between 2005 and 2014 were recruited from the National SCI Database. 1,877 (29%) of them were injuries caused by falls.Interventions: Not applicable.Outcomes Measures: External causes of injury documented by the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM).Results: Falls on the same level from slipping, tripping, and stumbling were the most common cause of fall-induced SCI (20%), followed by falls from building (16%), stairs and steps (16%), and ladder (9%). People who were 61 years of age and older had the highest frequency of falls on the same level, while those aged 16–45 years had a higher percentage of fall...
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