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What is the NSCISC?
It is the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
How many spinal cord injuries happen a year?
According to The University of Alabama's National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC), which compiles the data, approximately 11,000 spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur each year
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.
Are there spinal cord injury rehibilitation centers in the Northeast?
This video by brainandspinalcord.org overviews the top ten spinal cord injury rehabilitation centers in the United States. The website also has much information on brain and spinal cord injuries. http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/media-center/TopTenHospitals.html
What runs through the center of the vertebral column?
The spinal cord runs through the center of the vertebral column, protected by the vertebral bones. It is a crucial part of the central nervous system, responsible for transmitting messages between the brain and the rest of the body. Injury to the spinal cord can result in serious neurological deficits.
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 most common spinal cord injury?
The statistical breakdown of spinal cord injuries in 2005 in the United States was:Neurologic level at hospital discharge:30.1% incomplete quadriplegia (tetraplegia) 25.6% complete paraplegia20.4% complete quadriplegia (tetraplegia)18.4 % incomplete paraplegia.
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.
