Paraplegic can walk: A case report and review of literature

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition. It not only creates enormous physical and emotional cost to the victims but also cause a financial burden to the society at large. The treatment of SCI focuses on preventing further injury and enabling people to return to an active and productive life within limits of their disability. Lack of ambulation lowers their self confidence as well as exposes to multiple complications. Benefits of standing and ambulation of paralyzed individual are many. In recent times with the advances in rehabilitation assistive devices, ambulation of paraplegics is possible. We describe a case of traumatic lumbar spine injury with paraplegia who has been stabilized by surgical instrumentation and subsequently made to walk with available resources like knee ankle foot orthotic (KAFO) device and regular physiotherapy.