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C11 TO C4
- Degree loss
- Motor & sensory fxn from neck down
- respiratory fxn
- bowel & bladder control
- Fxn capability
- Mechanical ventilation w/home care
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C5
- Degree loss
- Motor & sensory fxn below shoulders
- Intercostal fxn in ventilation
- Bowel & Bladder control
- fxn capability
- Has remaining head conttol, which facilitates use of "joystick' for writing typing & control of mechanical wheelchair
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C6
- Degree loss
- Motor & sensory fxn below shoulders but increased degree of sensation in arm & thumb
- Intercostal fxn in ventilation
- Bowel & Bladder control
- fxn capability
- requires some assistive devices for upper extremities use but may be able to help feed & dress self. requires mechanical wheelchair but maybe capable of using hand control
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C7
- Degree of Loss
- Motor control of portion of upper extremities
- Sensation below clavical
- Intercostal fxn
- B&B
- FXN Capability
- Remaining intact muscles enhance ability to carry our ADL's increased abilitiy to manage special equipped wheelchair & automobile
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C8
- Degree of Loss
- Motor control of portion of upper extremitiesSensation below clavical
- Intercostal fxn
- B&B
- Fxn ability
- Impproved upper extremity muscles enhance ahand grasp, independence in ADL's & use wheelchair & automobile, able to self catheterization
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