How is a SCI classified?

Sensitive compartmented information (SCI) is a type of United States classified information concerning or derived from sensitive intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes. All SCI must be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence.

Which scale is most commonly used to classify the severity of spinal cord injury?

3.1 Injury severity and phase of injury The American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) is widely used to classify the severity of injury in SCI individuals, with motor complete (AIS grade A and grade B), motor incomplete (AIS grade C and grade D), or normal (AIS grade E) (Kirshblum et al., 2011).

What is Asia D?

Grade D: The impairment is incomplete. Motor function is preserved below the neurologic level, and at least half of the key muscles below the neurologic level have a muscle grade of 3 or more (i.e., the joints can be moved against gravity).

What are the classification of spinal nerve?

These are grouped into the corresponding cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal regions of the spine. There are eight pairs of cervical nerves, twelve pairs of thoracic nerves, five pairs of lumbar nerves, five pairs of sacral nerves, and one pair of coccygeal nerves.

What is Asia chart?

The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale or AIS describes a person’s functional impairment as a result of a SCI. This scale indicates how much sensation a person feels after light touch and a pin prick at multiple points on the body and tests key motions on both sides of the body.

What is Asia B SCI?

ASIA B = Sensory Incomplete. Sensory but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the sacral segments S4-S5 (light touch, pin prick at S4-S5: or deep anal pressure, AND no motor function is preserved more than three levels below the motor level on either side of the body.

What is the function of spinal cord?

It connects your brain to your lower back. Your spinal cord carries nerve signals from your brain to your body and vice versa. These nerve signals help you feel sensations and move your body. Any damage to your spinal cord can affect your movement or function.