Musculo-skeletal Spinal Cord Injuries

3 muscle tissue fibres:

• skeletal (voluntary) = hypertrophy

• cardiac (involuntary) =

• smooth (involuntary) =

Rhabdomyolysis

• cell loss: not being able to excrete cells properly

• dark urine

Compartment syndromes

Types of fractures

• complete or incomplete

  • closed or open

• Commuted

• Linear

• Oblique

  • Broken on an angle, all the way through

• spiral

  • a fracture when one of your bones is broken with a twisting motion

• transverse

  • perpendicular to the bone (opposite in direction)

• Pathological

  • caused by underlying disease e.g osteoporosis

• Occult

  • hidden

• Impacted

  • bone is compressed

• Greenstick

  • force bends the bone

Fracture healing

• step 1 = haematoma

• step 2 = fibrocartilage to form a callus

• step 3 = bony callus forms

• step 4 = bone remodelling occurs

Fracture complications

Support and structure injuries

• strain

  • tear/injury to a tendon

• sprain

  • tear/injury to a ligament

• avulsion

  • complete separation of a tendon or ligament

Skeletal trauma

• Dislocation

• subluxation

Spine