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SCI
- _______ age - ______% are traumatic - ______ male/female - ______% complete - ______ % incomplete - ______% csp |
15-39, 50%, male, 18%, 45%, 62%
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SCI have shorter life span by
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15-30 years
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SCI mechanism (7)
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1. flexion (all)
2. flexion + rotation (all) 3. compression (all) 4. extension (Tsp, Csp) 5. lateral flexion (Tsp, Csp) 6. flexion + distraction (Lsp) 7. shearing (Lsp) |
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Most common injuries are in which region
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Csp
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Wedge fracture mechanism
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Flexion mechanism
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- compressed anterior portion of vertebrae
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Wedge fracture
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Highest incidence of neuro damage
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Flexion mechanism
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Tear drop fracture mechanism
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Flexion mechanism
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- more serious since bonepeices can break off. Doesn't have to have subluxation or distraction. Often no neuro injury with this
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Tear drop fracture
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Burst fracture
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Compression mechanism
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- bony frag enerts spinal canal
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Burst fracture
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Most common site for compression fracture and why
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C4/5, natural curve of spine
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- stability depends on damage to posterior lig (blocks bony frag. from entering canal)
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Burst fracture
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Fracture of vertebral arch
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Hyperextension mechanism
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Avlusion fracture of vertebral body
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Hyperextension mechanism
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