Spinal Cord Injury Flashcards
At a C1-C3 injury, what movements are possible?
Neck flexion
Neck extension
Neck rotation
What are the functional implications of a c1-c3 injury?
- Ventilator dependent
- Total assist on all ADL/IADLs
- Level of communication depends on set-up
What muscles are innervated at a C1-C3 injury?
- sternocleidomastoid
- cervical paraspinal,
- Neck accessories
What movements are possible at a C4 injury?
Neck flexion, Neck Extension Neck Rotation Scapular elevation Inspiration
What are the muscles innervated at a C4 injury?
Upper trap,
diaphragm,
cervical paraspinal
What are the functional implications at a C4 injury?
- May breath without a ventilator
- Total Assist on ADLs and IADLs
- Level of communication depends on setup
Which movements are possible at a C5 injury?
- Shoulder flexion
- Shoulder abductions
- Shoulder extension
- Elbow flexion
- Elbow supination
- Scapular adduction
- Scapular abduction
Which muscles work at a C5 injury?
- Deltoid
- Biceps brachialis
- brachioradialis
- rhomboids
- serratus anterior(partial)
“Shoulder movers, elbow flexors”
What are the functional implications of a C5 injury?
- Low indurance/vital capacity
- Total assist on LE ADLs and IADLs
- Some to total assist in eating, UE dressing, grooming, transportation
- May be able to operate mannual w/c
- Some assist to independent after setup for communication
Which muscles work at C6 injury?
- Clavicular pectoralis,
- extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis
- Serratus anterior
- Lattissimus Dorsi
“Forearm supinators and wrist extensors”
Which movements are important for C6 injury?
- Scapular protraction
- Some horizontal adduction
- Forearm supination
- Radial wrist extension
What are the functional implications for a C6 injury?
- Low endurance and vital capacity
- Some to total assist for bowel, bladder, bed mobility, LE bathing and homemaking tasks
- Some assist to independent for W/C transfers on level surfaces and light meal prep
- Independent with equipment in grooming and pressure relief
- .Independent in eating(except cutting), dressing and bathing upper body, manual w/c indoors and communication
What are the movements at C7-C8
- Elbow extension
- Ulnar wrist extension
- Wrist flexion
- Finger flexion and extension
- thumb flexion, extension and abduction
What muscles are available at a C7-C8 injury?
- Lats
- Sternal Pecs
- triceps
- pronator quadratus
- extensor carpi ulnaris
- flexor carpi radialiss
- flexors digitorum and profundus and superficialis
- abductor pollicis
- Some lubricals
“Elbow extensors, wrist movers, and finger flexors”
What are the functional implications at available at C7-C8 injury?
- Low endurance and vital capacity
- Some to total assist for bowel
- Some assist to independent for bladder, bed mobility, uneven W/C transfers, LE dressing and bathing, standing, complex meal prep and heavy house cleaning
- Independent for level W/C transfers, pressure relief/positioning, eating, dressing and bathing UE, grooming, manual W/C indoors, communication, transportation with modified van, light meal prep/homemaking
AT what SCI injury levels is full UE function spared?
T1- Little finger abductors