sch.3-sec.85Extreme cervical spine injury

sch.3-sec.85 Extreme cervical spine injury

Comment 41 to 75 These are extremely severe injuries that cause gross limitation of movement and serious interference with performance of daily activities. The injury will involve significant upper or lower extremity impairment and may require the use of an adaptive device or prosthesis. Examples of the injury a total neurological loss at a single level severe multilevel neurological dysfunction structural compromise of the spinal canal with extreme upper or lower extremity motor and sensory impairments fractures involving more than 50% compression of a vertebral body with neural compromise Comment about appropriate level of ISV An ISV at or near the bottom of the range will be appropriate if there is whole person impairment of about 29%. An ISV at or near the top of the range will be appropriate if there is a cervical spine injury causing monoplegia of the dominant upper limb and whole person impairment of at least 60%.