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

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