SCI knowledge check 1

Your C7 spinal cord injured patient has a minimum elbow extension grade of:

• 5/5

• 3/5

• 2/5

• -2/5

Incomplete spinal cord injuries have:

• ASIA scale A

• no motor or sensation below injury level

• inability to ambulate

• sacral sparing

This happens immediatley after a spinal cord injury resulting in flaccidity, areflexia, and loss of bowel/bladder function.

• Spinal Shock

• Sacral Sparing

• autonomic dysreflexia

• regain function of the S4/S5 dermatome

A spinal cord injury at L2 would possibly present as:

• 3/5 hip flexion, 2/5 or worse for knee flexion, extension

• 3/5 hip extension, 2/5 or worse for knee flexion, extension

• 3/5 hip abduction, 2/5 or worse for knee flexion, extension

• 3/5 hip flexion, 5/5 or for knee flexion, extension

Your patient with a spinal cord injury at T10 may need which of the following:

• transfer board and dependent assist

• breathing stimulator

• TLSO

• power-assisted chair