Spinal Cord Injury Levels and Function

Question 1

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a C1-C4 injury?

Answer 1

Sip n puff power wheelchair with power tilt and environmental controls

Question 2

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a C5 injury?

Answer 2

manual wheelchair with hand rims for short distances… power for long distances

Question 3

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a C6 injury?

Answer 3

independently use manual wheelchair with hand rim projectiosn

Question 4

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a C7-T1 injury?

Answer 4

able to independently propel a manual wheelchair on level surfaces

Question 5

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a T4-T6 injury?

Answer 5

can ambulate with RGOs for short distances with walker

Question 6

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a T9-T12 injury?

Answer 6

household ambulation with RGOs or HKAFOs and AD

Question 7

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a L2-L4 injury?

Answer 7

functional ambulation with KAFOs with crutches

Question 8

What are the mobility expectations for someone with a L4-L5 injury?

Answer 8

ambulate with AFOs with or without AD

Question 9

What are the transfer expectations for someone with a C1-C4 injury?

Answer 9

dependent for all transfers

Question 10

What are the transfer expectations for someone with a C5 injury?

Answer 10

able to assist with transfers and bed mobility

Question 11

What are the transfer expectations for someone with a C6 injury?

Answer 11

independent with self care and equipment
independent with UE dressing, assist with LE
Independent with bowel, needs assist with bladder
can drive a specially adapted van

Question 12

What are the transfer expectations for someone with a C7-T1 injury?

Answer 12

independent with adaptive equipment

Can drive a car with hand controls

Question 13

What are the transfer expectations for someone with a T4-T6 injury?

Answer 13

independent for grooming, bowel and bladder, dressing, and bathing

Question 14

What are the transfer expectations for someone with a T9-T12 injury?

Answer 14

independent for grooming, bowel and bladder, dressing, and bathing

Question 15

What are the transfer expectations for sometime with L2-L4 injury?

Answer 15

indepdent with grooming, bowel and bladder, dressing, and bathing

Question 16

What are the transfer expectations for someone with L4-L5 injury?

Answer 16

indepdent with grooming, bowel and bladder, dressing, and bathing

Question 17

What are the ADL expectations for someone with C1-C4 injury?

Answer 17

dependent for dressing, batching, and bowel and bladder management

Question 18

What are the ADL expectations for someone with C5 injury?

Answer 18

able to assist with feeding, grooming with adaptive equipment and setup
Dependent for dressing and bathing

Question 19

What are the ADL expectations for someone with C6 injury?

Answer 19

assists with sliding board transfers

Question 20

What are the ADL expectations for someone with C7-T1 injury?

Answer 20

independent transfers with or without sliding board

Question 21

What are the ADL expectations for someone with T4-T6 injury?

Answer 21

independent transfers with or without sliding board

Question 22

What are the ADL expectations for someone with T9-T12 injury?

Answer 22

independent transfers with or without sliding board

Question 23

What are the ADL expectations for someone with L2-L4 injury?

Answer 23

independent transfers with or without sliding board

Question 24

What are the ADL expectations for someone with L4-L5 injury?

Answer 24

independent transfers with or without sliding board