00:01 Now, spinal cord injuries can be complete or they can be incomplete. 00:06 If we're talking about a complete spinal cord injury, there's a total loss of feeling and motion below the injury site. 00:14 So remember we looked at those pictures where someone had a complete spinal cord injury. 00:18 They have completely lost any feeling, sensation, temperature, pain, etc. below the site, but they've also lost motion. 00:27 An incomplete spinal cord injury is the one that's really different and unique in each patient. 00:34 There could be some sensation, there might be some motion, it's not gonna be normal function, but it's not gonna be as complete as a severed spinal cord injury. 00:43 So, let's talk about some examples. 00:46 Now, there's anterior cord syndrome. 00:48 You've already got something to link that to, right? You know. Go back and look at - we showed you the diagram of the spinal cord. 00:55 What type? Sensory or motor is located in the anterior section? Now central cord syndrome is gonna be right in the middle. 01:05 Posterior cord syndrome is going to be what we would call the back or the posterior portion. 01:10 Brown-Sequard syndrome, that one is really interesting. 01:14 And then we'll talk about cauda equina syndrome. 01:16 Okay. So these are five examples of spinal cord injury syndromes and we're gonna walk through each one of these in a little more detail. 01:27 So an acute spinal cord injury, if it's an incomplete injury that's an example of like bruising or tearing of the spinal cord. 01:36 Bruising of the spinal cord is actually more common than tearing, and you're more likely to see the bruising. 01:42 Now a patient might have no motor ability or sensation ability below the injury, might have paraplegia or quadriplegia which we refer to also as tetraplegia. 01:53 But an incomplete spinal cord injury is more common than complete. 01:58 And remember, it might be from - bruising is the most likely the common cause or it might be from tearing. 02:04 Okay. Remember we talked about those five types of spinal cord injuries. 02:08 Well, we classify them according to what part of the cord is damaged. 02:13 For example; anterior, posterior and central cord syndromes, they refer to injuries that are in the front, back and center of the normal spinal cord. 02:23 So if it's anterior, it's in the front. If it's posterior, it's in the back. 02:27 And if it's central, it's in the middle. 02:30 Now, the Brown-Sequard syndrome, this injury might be to the left or right side but you have both paralysis and loss of motion so it's a really unusual one. 02:40 Now cauda equina, that's a lesion that you have, maybe injury to the nerves between the first and second lumbar region, really, really low. 02:48 So an incomplete spinal cord injury often caused by bruising, sometimes with tearing, we classify it by the location of the injury: front, back, middle or the Brown-Sequard. 02:59 Which is really not very common but if you get to see it, it's fascinating. 03:04 And finally the cauda equina lesion.
The lecture Complete vs. Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury (Nursing) by Prof. Lawes is from the course Spinal Cord Injuries and Syndromes (Nursing) .
Which of the following is true of incomplete spinal cord injuries? Select all that apply.
How are incomplete spinal cord injuries classified?
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