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Table 3 Aetiology of musculoskeletal impairment cases

From: Musculoskeletal impairment among Syrian refugees living in Sultanbeyli, Turkey: prevalence, cause, diagnosis and need for related services and assistive products

Causes

Total causesa

 

N

%

Family history

7

2%

Congenital but no family history

31

8%

Perinatal hypoxia

11

3%

Road traffic accident

13

4%

Traumab

61

16%

 War in Syria

28

8%

 Other war

2

0.5%

 Deliberate self-harm

1

0.3%

 Other accidents

30

8%

Developmental / nutritional

42

11%

Infection

22

6%

Neoplasm

4

1%

Iatrogenic

2

0.5%

Unknown

96

26%

Otherc

132

35%

 Herniated disc

57

15%

  1. aSome participants had two causes so there were a total of 421 causes for 373 people
  2. bA breakdown by type of trauma is provided
  3. cA breakdown by ‘other’ is provided for herniated disc only (note: direct translation was herniated nucleus pulposus)