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Methods: The study involved 176 individuals with SCI, including 142 with a traumatic SCI (TSCI) and 34 with a non-traumatic SCI (NTSCI), rehabilitated at various times post-injury. The data on injury causes, paresis type, complications, wheelchair use, gender, age, and treatment methods were collected. The injury severity was assessed using the AIS. Results: A significant gender difference was found between the TSCI and NTSCI groups (85.2% male vs. 61.8% male). TSCI individuals were also younger. The causes of TSCI were traffic accidents, falls from height, and diving, while the causes for NTSCI included spinal ischemia, tumors, degenerative disc disease, and inflammation. TSCI individuals had more AIS A lesions (52.8% vs. 26.5%) and more cervical injuries (53.5% vs. 14.7%), whereas NTSCI individuals had more AIS C lesions (38.2% vs. 18.3%) and thoracic damage (58.8% vs. 35.2%). TSCI patients were more often treated surgically (95.7% vs. 61.8%) and used wheelchairs (88% vs. 55.9%). No significant differences were found in terms of complications between the groups, though TSCI individuals underwent more chronic rehabilitation. Conclusions: Our research shows that there are significant differences between TSCI and NTSCI both in terms of the level of damage and the severity of damage to neural structures (AIS scales), and thus significant differences in the patients\u2019 functioning in later life for both groups of individuals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14155209","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,23]],"date-time":"2025-07-23T10:49:17Z","timestamp":1753267757000},"page":"5209","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Traumatic vs. Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury\u2014Epidemiology, Complications, and Neurological Status During Rehabilitation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4450-2435","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Magdalena","family":"Mackiewicz-Milewska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Health Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0645-9870","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ma\u0142gorzata","family":"Cisowska-Adamiak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Health Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8572-2835","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iwona","family":"G\u0142owacka-Mrotek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Health Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hanna","family":"Mackiewicz-Nartowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Phoniatry and Audiology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"812","DOI":"10.1038\/s41393-022-00795-w","article-title":"Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury: A large population-based study","volume":"60","author":"Salmaso","year":"2022","journal-title":"Spinal Cord"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"62","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jor.2021.11.007","article-title":"Traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury: Demographic characteristics, neurological and functional outcomes. 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