TheconsequencesofSpinalCordInjury(SCI)canbesevere.
Depending onthelevelofthelesion,SCIcausesalossofmotor
and sensoryfunctions,andresultsintheimmobilizationofthe
patient.
TheleveloflesioninSCIreferstothevertebraeinthe
spinal columnaffectedbytheinjury.Thehighertheinjuryon
the spinalcord,themoredysfunctioncanoccur.Cervical(neck)
injuriesusuallyresultinafullorpartialtetraplegia(paralysisof
the arms,legs,andtrunkofthebodybelowtheleveloftheassoci-
atedinjurytothespinalcord).Individualswithacompletelesion
attheC7levelorabove(C6,C5,...)usuallydependonattendant
careforalldailylifeactivities