Spinal cord injury prognosis

Question 1

Recovery from traumatic SCI depends on

Answer 1

1. initial level of injury
2. initial strength of muscles
3. complete or incomplete
4. age less than 50 at time of injury

Question 2

up to ____ of initially complete injuries at 72 hours improve to ais B at 1 year

Answer 2

8%

Question 3

up to ____ of initially complete injuries convert to incomplete after 30 days

Answer 3

4-10%

Question 4

in complete tetraplegia

most patient regain ____ motor level

Answer 4

1

Question 5

The faster the initial recovery the _____ the prognosis

Answer 5

better

Question 6

most UE recovery occurs in the first ___ months with the greatest rate of change in the first ____ months

Answer 6

6 months greatest rate of change in first 3 months

Question 7

Recovery in incomplete tetraplegia
86% of initially ______ patient with as little as a muscle flicker in the LE recovered to motor useful status

Answer 7

motor incomplete

Question 8

sensory incomplete asi B

67% of patients with lower extremity pinprick preservation in >50% of dermatomes L2-S1 at 4 weeks post injury were able to _____ in 1 year

Answer 8

ambulate household distances

Question 9

name the motor levels for the INSCI

Answer 9

C5-elbow flexion
C6- wrist extension
C7- elbow extension
C8- finger flexion
T1- finger abduction

L2- hip flexion
L3- knee extension
L4- dorsiflexion
L5- big toe extension
S1- plantarflexion