Table 5.
Relationship between level of spine and symptom logy
|
Level |
Cervical |
Upper Dorsal |
Mid-Dorsal |
Dorsa Lumbar |
Lumbar |
Lumbosacral |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 19 | N = 6 | N = 21 | N = 40 | N = 29 | N = 4 | ||
| Para paresis |
1 |
4 |
14 |
28 |
18 |
3 |
0.02 |
| (5.3%) |
(66.7%) |
(66.7%) |
(70%) |
(62.1%) |
(75.0%) |
||
| Quadra paresis |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
<0.001 |
| (52.6%) |
(0%) |
(0%) |
(0%) |
(0%) |
(0%) |
||
| Back pain |
2 |
6 |
21 |
40 |
28 |
4 |
<0.001 |
| (10.5%) |
(100.0%) |
(100.0%) |
(100.0%) |
(96.6%) |
(100%) |
||
| Neck pain |
18 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
<0.001 |
| (94.7%) |
(50.0%) |
(0%) |
(2.5%) |
(0%) |
(0%) |
||
| Bowel or bladder dysfunction |
6 |
4 |
11 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
N.S |
| (31.6%) |
(66.7%) |
(52.4%) |
(40.0%) |
(24.1%) |
(50.0%) |
||
| Sensory disturbance |
8 |
0 |
12 |
21 |
7 |
2 |
N.S |
| (42.1%) |
(0%) |
(57.1%) |
(52.5%) |
(24.1%) |
(50.0%) |
||
| Paraplegia |
2 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
N.S |
| 10.5% |
33.3% |
28.6% |
22.5% |
13.8% |
25.0% |
||
| Quadriplegia |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.008 |
| 21.1% |
.0% |
.0% |
2.5% |
.0% |
.0% |
||
| Fever |
13 |
4 |
15 |
28 |
21 |
4 |
N.S |
| 68.4% |
66.7% |
71.4% |
70.0% |
72.4% |
100.0% |
||
| Malaise |
13 |
4 |
15 |
28 |
19 |
4 |
N.S |
| 68.4% | 66.7% | 71.4% | 70.0% | 65.5% | 100.0% |