Adult Test 2 (USAHS) Exam Questions and
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Updated 2026
About how many new cases a 17,500
year
of a SCI is there?
About how many people are living 285,000
with SCI at the moment?
What are the leading causes of MVA, followed by falls, acts of violence
SCI? and sports
What is the common common SCI Incomplete Tetraplegia
injury?
Most SCI occur to what Young males
population?
SCI causes a disruption to the Motor and sensory pathways at the site of
what> the
lesion
How are SCI defined? By both the severity and location of the
injury
,Neurological level SCI is classified The lowest (most caudal) level of the
by? spinal cord
with normal sensory and motor function
bilaterall
When doing ASIA testing you Both sides all the way down
should
test?
ASIA A complete, no sensory or motor function is
preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5
ASIA B Incomplete; sensory but not motor function
is
preserved below the neurological level and
includes the sacral segments S4-5
ASIA C Incomplete; motor function is preserved
below the
level of injury with most of the muscle
strength
<3/5
ASIA D Incomplete; motor function is preserved
below the
level of injury with most of the muscle
strength >3/5
AISA E Normal
, Tetraplega - injury to cervical SC
- Impaired upper extremity function, trunk
and
lower extremity function
Paraplegia Impaired lower extremity function and
possibly
trunk
Your patient sustained an injury to Central Cord
the central structures of the spinal
cord that produces sacral sensory
sparing and greater weakness in
the
upper limbs than in the lower
limbs.
What SCI is this?
Anterior cord syndrome Incomplete spinal injury in which all
functions are
absent below the level of except
proprioception
and sensation
Your patient presents with an Brown-Seqaurd
incomplete spinal cord injury
where
half of the cord has been
damaged.
Exhibit more loss of motor and
proprioceptive ipsilateral to injury
and loss of pain and sense of
temperature on contralateral side.
What SCI is this?
Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
Updated 2026
About how many new cases a 17,500
year
of a SCI is there?
About how many people are living 285,000
with SCI at the moment?
What are the leading causes of MVA, followed by falls, acts of violence
SCI? and sports
What is the common common SCI Incomplete Tetraplegia
injury?
Most SCI occur to what Young males
population?
SCI causes a disruption to the Motor and sensory pathways at the site of
what> the
lesion
How are SCI defined? By both the severity and location of the
injury
,Neurological level SCI is classified The lowest (most caudal) level of the
by? spinal cord
with normal sensory and motor function
bilaterall
When doing ASIA testing you Both sides all the way down
should
test?
ASIA A complete, no sensory or motor function is
preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5
ASIA B Incomplete; sensory but not motor function
is
preserved below the neurological level and
includes the sacral segments S4-5
ASIA C Incomplete; motor function is preserved
below the
level of injury with most of the muscle
strength
<3/5
ASIA D Incomplete; motor function is preserved
below the
level of injury with most of the muscle
strength >3/5
AISA E Normal
, Tetraplega - injury to cervical SC
- Impaired upper extremity function, trunk
and
lower extremity function
Paraplegia Impaired lower extremity function and
possibly
trunk
Your patient sustained an injury to Central Cord
the central structures of the spinal
cord that produces sacral sensory
sparing and greater weakness in
the
upper limbs than in the lower
limbs.
What SCI is this?
Anterior cord syndrome Incomplete spinal injury in which all
functions are
absent below the level of except
proprioception
and sensation
Your patient presents with an Brown-Seqaurd
incomplete spinal cord injury
where
half of the cord has been
damaged.
Exhibit more loss of motor and
proprioceptive ipsilateral to injury
and loss of pain and sense of
temperature on contralateral side.
What SCI is this?
