SCI Part 1 Flashcards
common demographic of SCI
M > F
non-hispanic whites
29 yo tas naging 43 yo
usually MVA - motor
discuss traumatic SCI
MVA
falls
acts of violence
sports-related: water park, diving, wrestling, F1, skiing
discuss non-traumatic SCI
vascular dysfunction - AVM
thrombosis, embolus, hemorrhage
vertebral subluxations - RA, DJD
spinal neoplasms - syringomyelia
infectons - syphilis, transverse myelitis
neuro diseases - MS, ALS
less than 1 % of persons exp ______
complete neurological recovery
extent of lesion from most common to least
incomplete tetraplegia
incomplete paraplegia
complete tetraplegia
complete paraplegia
normal
mortality rate is higher during ______
first yr of injury
factors that influence life expectancies
younger pt = better prognosis
level of injury - phrenic affectation = affected diaphragm
incomplete SCI c intact sacral segments = longer life
more caudal injuries - greater life expectancy
the spinal cord exits the _____ and extends to _____
exits the foramen magnum and extends to L1 vertebral level
spinal cord ends in ____ at L1
conus medullaris
spinal cord becomes a mass of nerve roots called
cauda equina
primary ascending tracts
dorsal column
anterolateral spinothalamic, spinoreticular, spinotectal
dorsal and ventral spinocerebellar
dorsal column
proprioception
vibration
deep touch
discriminative touch
anterolateral spinothalamic, spinoreticular, spinotectal
pain
temp
crude touch
dorsal and ventral spinocerebellar
unconscious proprioception
primary descending tracts
ant and lat corticospinal
medial vestibulospinal
lat and medial vestibulospinal
lat and medial reticulospinal
rubrospinal
