Rehabilitation Sciences 3060A/B Lecture 3: SCIa -- Lecture Notes
1 Jun 2016
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Crude rate/100,000* = 118 (100x w/ age, esp . 65+ greater > sci: uncommon before 50. Los (length of stay; *last week) : acute ~ 30 days, rehab ~ 38 days. Los : acute ~ 15 days, rehab ~ 32 days. Highest ~ mvc (46%) > falls (36%) [***will vary from country to country: homicide/suicide (7%, other (includes recreational sport) ~ 10% Partial/complete paralysis of all or part of trunk + both les: tetraplegia (quadriplegic) Partial/complete paralysis of all 4 extremities (le, ue) + trunk: level of lesion in sc, completeness of the lesion. When classifying sci by the level of the sc lesion, we . Indicate the most function i. e. , nothing works below distal. *" uninvolved" nerve root segment that has normal: *recall anatomical terminology, in terms of spinal segments . Rob is a 22 year old tetraplegic. He has no" sensory or motor function below. C 7: no sensory or motor function yes ~ complete.
