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Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek (παραπληγίη) "half-stricken".It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural (brain) elements of the spinal canal.
People with paraplegia, a neurologically based impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the body's lower extremities. See also: Category:People with tetraplegia Contents
She became a T10-complete paraplegic after an epidural injection to treat post-shingles back pain in 2008. [4] [5] [6] She broke many world records in the S7 classification, and won multiple gold medals at the IPC Swimming World Championships in 2009 and 2010. [7]
Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005) – Canadian writer and publisher; in 1966 she was the victim of a car accident which left her quadriplegic and using a wheelchair. [1]Max Brito (1971–2022) – Ivoirian international rugby union player; paralyzed in a match against Tonga in the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
First person to fully recover from paraplegia Dariusz "Darek" Fidyka (born c. 1974 ) is a Polish firefighter and recovering paraplegic who became the first person in history to verifiably recover sensory and motor function after the complete severing of his spinal cord .
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