A patient sustains a complete spinal cord injury at the T8 l…
A patient sustains a complete spinal cord injury at the T8 level. Upon examination, the clinician finds that the patient has some preserved sensory function in the T9 and T10 dermatomes but no voluntary motor function below T8. How should the clinician classify the zone of preservation for this patient?
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The initial examination performed by the PT on a patient with a complete spinal cord injury reveals the following manual muscle testing grades: 2/5 triceps, 3/5 wrist extensors, 5/5 biceps and deltoids. The PT would classify the injury as which level?
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