What is the difference between tetraplegic and quadraplegic?

Question

What is the difference between tetraplegic and quadraplegic?

Answer 1

Quadraplegia is also termed tetraplegia. Both terms mean "paralysis of four limbs"; tetraplegia is more commonly used in Europe than in the US. In 1991, when the American Spinal Cord Injury Classification system was being revised, it was recommended that the term tetraplegia be used to improve consistency ("tetra", like "plegia", has a Greek root, whereas "quadra" has a Latin root).

However, quadriplegia is still the term more commonly used by the general public in the US.

Answer 2

It is the same condition, which is paralysis of all four limbs.