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What is the relationship between spinal cord injury and spasticity?
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∙ 13y ago
Spinal cord injury prevents the brain from telling the muscle to relax. The result is prolonged muscle contraction or spasticity.
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What is a c2 spinal cord injury?
A C2 spinal cord injury is an injury to the 2nd spinal segment in the cervical section of the spinal cord.
What was Justin frishbergs spinal injury?
Justin's spinal injury was to his cervical spinal cord resulting in Tetraplegia.
What will happen if you get a spinal injury?
if you get spinal surgery your spine will be fixed
Why will a c-7 spinal cord injury cause hyperventilation?
Why will a c7 spinal cord injury cause hypoventalation
What is the functio n of the spinal cord?
The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves, which serves the purpose of relaying sensory and motor messages between the body and brain. In the case of spinal cord injury, parts of the body are paralyzed when the motor messages from the brain cannot pass through the injury site on the spinal cord. Feeling is lost when sensory messages cannot pass the injury site to be processed by the brain.
What can happen to a person with spinal cord injury?
a person with a spinal cord injury could become paralyzed or go into a coma
How do you know you got a complete spinal cord injury?
There will be a complete loss of movement and sensation below the level of spinal cord injury.
Where is the best place for spinal cord injury?
There are no "best" places for spinal cord injury. Any injury to the spine has negative results. The most severe injuries and more common ones occur within the lower spinal columns.
What is a traumatic injury to the neck and spinal cord can result in?
A spinal cord injury can result in a loss of sensation and/or loss of function below the area of spinal cord injury. The degree to which the body is affected, will depend how high up the spinal cord the injury occurs. If the injury is in the neck, cervical region, then the arms will also be affected, resulting in Quadriplegia. More information on the different types of spinal cord injury can be found here: http://www.apparelyzed.com/paralysis.html
What does the medical abbreviation SCI mean?
Spinal Cord InjuryIn medical terms, SCI stands for spinal cord injury.1) Science2) Spinal Cord Injuryspinal cord injury
Effect of getting a spinal cord injury?
you could get a spinal cord or bundles
Where can you fin a spinal cord injury lawyer in Montreal?
To find a spinal cord injury lawyer in Montreal, you can use sites like Yelp which will provide you with a list of lawyers that specialize in spinal cord injury, as well as people's comments on the lawyer.
