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In Pakistan, spinal cord injury is more common in males (92.68%) as compared to females in the 20–30 years of age group with a median age of 40 years, although people from 12–70 years of age suffered from spinal cord injury [73] Rates of injury are at their lowest in children, at their highest in the late teens to early twenties, then get ...
It is mediated by a reflex arc that goes to the spinal cord (not to the brain) [42] and is served by the sacral segments of the spinal cord at S2–S4. [39] [37] A woman with a spinal cord lesion above T11 may not be able to experience psychogenic vaginal lubrication, but may still have reflex lubrication if her sacral segments are uninjured. [27]
The thoracic spinal nerve 12 (T12) is a spinal nerve of the thoracic segment. [1] It originates from the spinal column from below the thoracic vertebra 12 (T12). It may also be known as the subcostal nerve.
Brown-Séquard syndrome (also known as Brown-Séquard's hemiplegia, Brown-Séquard's paralysis, hemiparaplegic syndrome, hemiplegia et hemiparaplegia spinalis, or spinal hemiparaplegia) is caused by damage to one half of the spinal cord, i.e. hemisection of the spinal cord resulting in paralysis and loss of proprioception on the same (or ipsilateral) side as the injury or lesion, and loss of ...
Improvement of locomotor function is one of the primary goals for people with a spinal cord injury. SCI treatments may focus on specific goals such as to restore walking or locomotion to an optimal level for the individual. The most effective way to restore locomotion is by complete repair, but techniques are not yet developed for regeneration.
Packer sustained severe spinal cord injuries in 2008, whilst on operational duty with British military forces in Iraq. He had a motor-complete T12/L1 spinal cord injury, [1] and was told he would never walk again. [2] Following surgery and recuperation, his injury improved to T12/L1 motor-incomplete.