Cervical spine injury

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Cervical spine injury

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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