Incomplete spinal cord injury

Several patterns

Incomplete spinal cord injuries often fall into one of several patterns. We are specialists in helping clients who have suffered injuries falling into the categories below. For free specialised legal advice please call us on 0800 61 66 81.

Anterior cord syndrome

This results from injury to the motor and sensory pathways in the anterior parts of the spinal cord. These patients can feel some types of crude sensation via the intact pathways in the posterior part of the spinal cord, but movement and more detailed sensation are lost.

Central cord syndrome

This  is caused by injury to nerve cells and pathways located in the centre of the cervical spinal cord. This produces weakness or paralysis of the arms, as well as some sensory deficits in the arms. Strength and sensation in the legs are affected much less than in the arms.

Brown-Sequard syndrome

This is a result of injury to the right or left half of the spinal cord. Movement and some types of sensation are lost below the level of injury on the injured side, but pain and temperature sensation are lost on the side of the body opposite the injury because these pathways cross to the opposite side shortly after they enter the spinal cord.

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