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Spinal Cord Injury Case
SPINAL CORD INJURY CASE STUDY 2

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This spinal cord injury case is about my 50 year old brother named Kevin that fell off our mother’s roof and fractured his vertebra at the T5-T9 level. He is now a paraplegic that has come to live with my family. What is his functional level to this day? What are the capabilities and functional limitations for someone with this paralysis? These are some of questions that will be addressed in this study. A person with a spinal cord injury needs some assistive devices to enable them to be somewhat mobile. A wheelchair and a new device called a Tech RMD were purchased to make daily tasks less challenging. The rented home he will be living in needs some modifications made to the exterior and interior, to accommodate a person with this paralysis. We will be looking at every room that he will be living in and make changes to them based upon the observation and measurements taken at the on-site visit from a physical therapist. A wheel chair ramp and grab bars are examples of some adaptive devices that might be added to the home for Kevin as a result of the on-site visit. The funding for this and some other things will be covered from a few fund raisers and donations from the local community made on his behalf. The final result of this study shows the limitations that a paraplegic overcomes to live the most independent life they can. It also shows that some technology and modifications to a home can make this transition easier too.

SPINAL CORD INJURY CASE STUDY 3 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study The patient is my brother Kevin, a 50 year old male, whom was of normal health prior to the accident.
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