Consequences and Outcome of Spinal Cord injury Occurred by Bull Attack: A 10 Years Observation from Bangladesh

Abstract

Background: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) a sudden devastating and debilitating neurological condition that suffers a patient’s lot. SCI have a consequence upon physical, psychological, domestic and social context and the incidence diverse upon socio-economic and cultural perspective. In developing countries with the profound agriculture-based economy like Bangladesh, bull attack is one of the causes of SCI and the consequence and outcome in this cultural scaffold yet to be explored. Aim: The aim of this study was to elicit the consequence, clinical characteristics and outcome of the patient with SCI caused by bull attack. Methods: The study design was retrospective study design and conducted at Centre for the rehabilitation of the paralyzed (CRP), Dhaka-1343 in Bangladesh from January 2008 to December 2017. 72 persons with bull attack-induced spinal cord injury (BASCI) were found from the medical records. The data were recorded, compared and analyzed by Statistical package of social science (SPSS) 16 versions and Microsoft excel software 2007 version. Results: Among 72 respondents, 30.5% of the respondents were aged between 41-50 years, 93.1% male, 43.05% illiterate, 93.1% had traumatic tetraplegia and 58.33% were farmer living in the village. The neurological level was C1-C8 in more than half of the respondents thought the attack was in lower back and extremities. During admission, ASIA-A was 43.1% and during discharge, ASIA-A was 36.1% and an average length of rehabilitation was 3 months. Conclusion: SCI causes lifelong impairments for an individual and there is a strong association with farming, animal husbandry, literacy, and awareness. The findings can contribute to developing awareness among stakeholders in a developing country like Bangladesh. *Corresponding author: Hossain KMA, Clinical Physiotherapist, Department of Physiotherapy, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Bangladesh, Tel: +8801735661492; E-mail: amranphysio@gmail.com Received September 26, 2018; Accepted October 06, 2018; Published October 09, 2018 Citation: Ahmed MS, Hossain KMA, Rahman A, Kamrunnaher, Arafat SMY, et al. (2018) Consequences and Outcome of Spinal Cord injury Occurred by Bull Attack: A 10 Years Observation from Bangladesh. J Spine 7: 419. doi: 10.4172/21657939.1000419 Copyright: © 2018 Ahmed MS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.