Date post: | 18-Dec-2014 |
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Cervical Spine Injury
What “level” is the injury?
American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
• The Neurological level – the most caudal segment with normal function• Severity of the neurological deficit – Graded A to E on the ASIA
Impairment scale (A is complete, E is normal)• Based on degree of intact motor and sensory function