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Patients with acute traumatic cervical SCI with relevant motor impairment (ie, American Spinal Injury Association [ASIA] impairment scale [AIS] A, B, and C) were enrolled from January 1996 to September 2006 and followed up until June 2016. Data were analyzed from April 2021 to September 2024.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>PUs acquired during surgical or first rehabilitative SCI care.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main outcomes and measures<\/jats:title>The change in the ASIA motor score at 1 year after SCI was the primary end point. Secondary end points included the recovery of functional independence measure (FIM) motor score at 1 year after SCI and mortality up to 10 years. ASIA and FIM motor score were analyzed applying linear mixed models with random intercept adjusted for baseline neurological level, AIS, and sociodemographic factors. Mortality was analyzed using Cox regression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The study included 1282 patients with a mean (SD) age of 38.0 (15.7) years and consisted of 1028 (80.2%) male patients. Regarding race and ethnicity, 349 of 1249 (27.9%) were African American patients, 1139 of 1273 (89.5%) were non-Hispanic patients, and 834 of 1249 (66.8%) were White patients. During initial hospitalization, 594 patients (45.7%) acquired PUs. Exposure to PUs was associated with impaired motor recovery 1 year after SCI compared with unexposed patients (\u22129.1 ASIA motor score points; 95% CI, \u221212.3 to \u22126.0; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). In addition, PUs were associated with lower recovery of physical independence 1 year after SCI (\u22128.3 FIM motor score points; 95% CI: \u221211.1 to \u22125.5; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). Cox regression confirmed PUs as a risk marker for death up to 10 years after SCI (hazard ratio, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.09 to 1.82; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.01).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this cohort study, PUs acquired during initial hospitalization after SCI were independently associated with poor long-term neurofunctional outcome. 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