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Management of People with Spinal Cord Injuries

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What Spinal cord levels have the highest Prevalence of Spinal Cord Injuries?
C6-T10
Where does the spinal cord end?
L2
What part of the vertebra gets damaged that causes a spinal cord injury?
Vertebral body
Ligamentous Support

•Anterior aspect of vertebral bodies
Anterior Longitudinal ligament
Ligamentous Support

•Posterior aspect of vertebral bodies
•Connected to intervertebral discs
Posterior longitudinal ligament
Ligamentous Support

•Connects borders of adjacent lamina
Ligamentum flavum
Ligamentous Support

•Provides stability from spinous processes
Interspinous ligament
Autonomic Nervous System

Sympathetic Preganglionic neurons at:
T1-L2
Autonomic Nervous System

Parasympathetic Preganglionic Neurons at:
S2-S4
What Cranial nerves carry parasympathetic fibers?
III, VII, IX, and X
•An injury occurring from the level of T1 and below, thus affecting the lower extremities and sparing the upper extremities
Paraplegia
What levels define Paraplegia
injury to T1 or below
What levels define tetra plegia
injury to T1 or above
•An injury occurring above the level of T1 affecting both the upper AND lower extremities
Tetraplegia
Complete loss of motor and sensory function below the spinal cord injury
Complete SCI
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