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Daily tasks: Able to perform unsupported seated activities. Health care: Has improved cough effectiveness. assistive devices.
Functional Goals Mobility: Walking can be a viable function, with the help of specialized leg and ankle braces. Lower levels walk with greater ease with the help of Mobility: Increased ability to walk with fewer or no supportive devices.
Spinal Cord Injury–Functional Goals for Specific Levels of Complete Injury (continued)
Abilities Has added motor function from increased abdominal control. Has additional return of motor movement in the hips and knees. Depending on level of injury, there are various degrees of return of voluntary bladder, bowel and sexual
Action/Muscles Tested Hip flexors (iliopsoas) Knee extensors (quadriceps femoris) Ankle dorsiflexors (tibialis anterior) Long toe extensors (hallucis longus) Ankle plantar flexors (gastrocnemius)
6.5 Level T7-L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 S1-S5
