Spinal Cord Injury Flashcards
What are some rehabilitation centers?
Constance-Lethbridge
Lucie-bruneau + viomax
CIVA
défi sportif (Claude Robillard center)
Cause for SCI (in order)
- Car accidents
- Falls (construction workers and seniors)
- Sport injuries, violence
- Other
Why is there a decrease in spinal cord complete lesions?
- car safety belt, airbag
- paramedics (SC immobilization)
- meds
Severity of SCI depends on:
- level of injury
- complete or incomplete lesion
- more than one vertebra injured?
- Sensory commands travel in __________ pathways from _________
- Motor commands travel in __________ pathways
- Ascending pathways (dorsal tract), somatosensory system (cutaneous and proprioceptive info)
- Descending pathways (ventral tract)
What are some health concerns in SCI
- sensation loss
- contracture, injury prevention (spasticity)
- lower limb atrophy
- osteoporosis
- weight management
- ANS dysfunction
Treadmills for ambulatory runners are _________ for wheelchair users
Rollers
Common characteristics of sport wheelchair
- camber
- do not fold
- anti-tipping (except for racing chairs)
- no push handles
a) Short propulsion thrusts are used in __________
b) What are the steps?
a) ADL, basketball, tennis, most sports except racing
b)
- push forward and downward while trunk moves forward
- release hands at the end of propulsion (point B) and torso goes back upright
a) Long-duration circular propulsion thrusts are used in _______
b) what are the steps ?
a) marathons and track
b)
- hands stay on handrims during 3/4 of the circle (applying force the whole time)
- hands never leave the handrims
- torso remains flexed
- shoulder extension for final propulsion thrust
How to be eligible to play wheelchair basketball?
Athlete must have permanent physical disability to the lower limbs preventing them from running, jumping and pivoting
Player classification in wheelchair basketball
Not classified on condition but rather on the trunk movement and stability
