Some hip, knee and foot movement depending on the level of injury. The lower the injury, the more control over movement.
A manual wheelchair may be used for everyday living, with the ability to go over uneven ground.
Ability to transfer independently from bed to chair, and chair to car. It may be possible to transfer from floor to chair depending on upper body strength.
Depending on the level of injury, walking may be possible with assistance or aids. Walking will be slow and difficult though.
A traumatic spinal cord injury is a lesion of neural elements of the spinal cord that can result in any degree of sensory and motor deficit, and autonomic or bowel dysfunction.
A complete injury is indicated by a total lack of sensory and motor function below the level of injury.
Cells that become phagocytes in response to tissue injury
A complete one would cause paralysis of the lower limbs.
The dorsal spine is one of the three distinct portions along the spine or the vertebral column (the other two are the cervical spine and the lumbar spine), and is the longest section comprised of twelve thoracic vertebrae that house the spinal cord along the rachiclian channel.
Today, traction therapy systems are used in treating the lumbar spine helping to relieve pressure along the lower spine.
Between L3/ L4 or L5/L6l2-3A lumbar puncture is usually done between L3-L4 (lumbar vertebrae 3 and 4)
Spinal cord can not move actively. It moves passively along with the vertebral column.
Spina bifida is a congenital defect that occurs when a small part of the spinal cord along with its meninges are exposed.
How is the more useful question. Why might be useful in some contexts (Why is my equipment not functioning? Answer: It is not plugged in.] The danger is that the question why can lead you down many dead ends. It is more likely that how will lead you to explore what is properly within the paradigm of science.
An x-ray of the lumbar sacral show air along each side of the spine and was told there was no connection between the ligaments/tendons and the spine. What effect can that have?
All along the spinal cord and brain root
The spinal cord is attached to the brain. It is how messages from the brain are sent to various locations along the nervous system.
Latissimus dorsi
Latissimus dorsi
Herniated Nucleus Pulposus (HNP) - medical terminology for the following: Lumbar radiculopathy; Cervical radiculopathy; Herniated intervertebral disk; Prolapsed intervertebral disk; Slipped disk; Ruptured disk A herniated nucleus pulposus is a slipped disk along the spinal cord. The condition occurs when all or part of the soft center of a spinal disk is forced through a weakened part of the disk. definition comes from the Univ. of Maryland Medical Center web site.