LNI IMPAIREMENTS

Question 1

C1-C4

Answer 1

Complete dependence
Quadriplegia
Breathing and coughing
Speech
Bladder and bowel control

Question 2

C5

Answer 2

Assistance for most ADLs
Weak coughing
Wrists and hands
Trunk
Legs
Bowel and bladder control

Question 3

C6

Answer 3

Hands
Trunk
Legs
Coughing
Bowel and bladder control (but can manage equipment)

Question 4

C7

Answer 4

Trunk
Legs
Fingers have no fine motor skills
Bowel/bladder control (but can manage equipment)

Question 5

T1-T4

Answer 5

Respiratory endurance
Coughing
Trunk control
Sitting balance
Legs
Autonomic dysreflexia
Bowel/bladder control (but can manage equipment)

Question 6

T5-T9

Answer 6

Respiratory endurance
Legs
Trunk control
Sitting balance (a bit)
Autonomic dysreflexia
Bowel/bladder control (but can manage equipment)
Spasticity

Question 7

T10-L1

Answer 7

Partial paresis of LL
Bowel/bladder control (but can manage equipment)
Spasticity

Question 8

L2-L5

Answer 8

Dorsiflexion
Plantar flexion
Bowel/bladder control (but manage equipment)

Question 9

S1-S5

Answer 9

Weak lower limb