Tetraplegia vs Quadriplegia?!

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I was reviewing about spinal cord injury and I have come across this statement:

Orthostatic hypotension: extreme fall in blood pressure onassuming an upright position (systolic >20 mmHg, diastolic

>10 mmHg). More common in tetraplegia than quadriplegia

(Krassioukov et al. 2009 , Lundy-Ekman 2007 ).

I have always known that tetraplegia and quadriplegia are the same, so why did this author wrote a statement implying that these terms are different?

I'm confused! Is this possibly just a typo error?

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Just as i thought, a typo from a book that is widely used in the uk...

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