TABLE 3. Details of four patients examined within eight days of injury
00
Name
Age Lesion
Days
since
injury
Tendon reflexes
Plantars
Electromyography
Vital
capacity
G.R.M.
32
A.P.J.
24
Transverse spinal cord syndrome
complete below C5 due to fracture-
dislocation C5/6.
Knee jerk
Ankle jerk
Complete below C6 on the right,
and C4 on the left. On screening
107 days after injury the diaphragm
was contracting equally on both
sides.
5
7
12
100
Transverse spinal cord syndrome
complete below C5 on the left C4
on the right due to fracture-dislo
cation
C$.
Right
Left
Right
I.S.Q.
I.S.Q.
Knee jerk
+
Ankle jerk +
Knee jerk
—
Ankle jerk
—
2
Knee jerk
Ankle jerk
—
10
Knee jerk
—
Ankl« jerk +
15
Knee jerk
I
Ankle jerk + +
192
Knee jerk
+ +
Ankle jerk + +
+
+
+
Left
S.M. 567
8
litres
_+_--- 1-9
- + + - -
contraction of
hamstrings.
t
contraction of
hamstrings.
I.S.Q.
t
t
with flexion
withdrawal of
leg and thigh.
t
t
i
_
i
_
1-7
1-9
1-9
1-7
1-7
1-7
1-7
n
ffi
H
W
+ +
t
