Rehabilitation Sciences 3062A/B Lecture 9: Lecture 9

• School: Western University
• Department: Rehabilitation Sciences
• Course: Rehabilitation Sciences 3062A/B
• Professor: Susan Hunter

Document Summary

Definition: when temporary or permanent impairment occurs due to damage to the spinal cord (blackwell, 2001). Classification: traumatic versus non-traumatic, complete versus incomplete. Non-traumatic spinal cord injury (ntsci: occurs when a health condition, such as disease, infection, or a tumour damages the spinal cord, causal factors include: Motor neuron diseases, spondylotic myelopathies, infectious and inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, vascular diseases, toxic and metabolic conditions, and congenital and developmental disorders. Complete injury: no function below the level of the injury--either sensation and movement, both sides of the body are equally affected, occur at any level of the spinal cord. Incomplete injury: some function below the level of the injury. Movement in one limb more than the other. More function on one side of the body than the other: occur at any level of the spinal cord. Impairment of the trunk, legs and pelvic organs, but with arm function not impaired: lesion of thoracic or lumbar region of spinal cord.