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1. Spinal column
2. Spinal cord injuries (SCIs)
3. The most frequent causes of damage
4. Prevalence in men and women
5. Complications Associated with SCIs
Spinal column
The spinal column is separated into 5 specific functional areas.
- Cervical (neck) / C1 - C7
- Thoracic (chest) / T1 - T12
- Lumbar (back) / L1 - L5
- Sacral (pelvic) / S1 - S5
- Coccyx (tail)
A dermatome is a patch of skin that is innervated by a given spinal cord level.
C2 dermatome covers the occiput and top neck
C3 covers the lower part of neck to clavicle
C4 covers the area just below the clavicle
C5 covers the lateral arm at and above elbow
C6 covers the forearm and thumb side hand
C7 is the middle finger
C8 is the lateral aspects of the hand
T1 covers the medial side of the forearm
The thoracic covers the axillary and chest region
T3-T12 cover the chest and back to hip girdle
T4 covers the nipples
T10 is situated at the umbilicus
T12 ends just above the hip girdle
L1 covers the hip girdle and groin area
L2 and 3 cover the front part of the thighs
L4 and L5 cover medial and lateral aspects of the lower leg
S1 covers the heel and the middle back of the leg
S2 covers the back of the thighs
S3 cover the medial side of the buttocks
S4-S5 covers the perineal region
S5 is of course the lowest dermatome and represents the skin immediately at and adjacent to the anus.
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Spinal cord injuries
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord. It usually begins with a sudden, traumatic blow to the spine
that fractures or dislocates vertebrae.
SCI results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling related to dermatome injured.
The most frequent causes of damage are:
- Trauma such as car or diving accidents, falls, gunshots, war injuries, etc
- Tumour such as astrocytomas, ependymomas, meningiomas and metastatic cancer
- Degenerative diseases, such as Friedreich's ataxia, spinocerebellar ataxia, multiple sclerosis
- Disorders such as polio, spina bifida
- Condition resulting from aneurysms, emboli, arteriosclerosis, spinal cord stroke, inflammation
- Vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformation, arteriovenous fistula, spinal hemangioma, cavernous angioma
- In rarest of cases spinal cord disability can be a birth defect
The injury can be either complete or incomplete.
In an incomplete injury, the messages conveyed by the spinal cord is not completely lost.
Whereas a complete injury results in a total dis-functioning of the sensory organs.
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News and Info
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Bone marrow stem cell injections may help cure spinal cord injury
Stem cell therapy may help reverse paralysis
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Spinal cord injuries could soon be 'repaired' using nose cells
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Tadalafil appears to improve erectile function in men with spinal cord injuries
Air bags, seat belts best protection against spine fractures
Funding injection for spinal injury research
Damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries could be repaired using nano-spheres
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