Symptoms
The effects of spinal cord injury depend on the type of injury and the degree of the injury. A spinal cord injury that is complete will result in a loss of sensation and mobility of everything below that point. Complete injury describes both sides of the body as equally affected. Incomplete spinal injury means there is some functioning ability below the point of injury. A patient with incomplete spinal injury may have the ability to move one limb more than the other, or be able to feel a part of the body. Advances in treatment of spinal cord injury are rendering incomplete injury more common than ever.

Last updated: 01-Jan-00