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Content: Standardised assessments of impairments are similar to those used across all areas of physiotherapy, although there are some that are specific to spinal cord injury. Assessments of impairments are of limited interest to a physiotherapist without accompanying assessments of activity limitations to quantify a person's ability to move and complete purposeful motor tasks. Impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions are also all affected by environmental and personal factors, such as support from family and employers, access to appropriate equipment, financial situation and coping mechanisms. In the ICF framework, such environmental and personal influences are termed contextual factors. Ensure you are familiar with the ICF, its general use in Clinical Practice and its use within the Neurorehabilitation Process as it should provide the framework for your assessment and treatment throughout the rehabilitation process. [ 4][5]  
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Reviewing the individual's medical chart and liaising with the medical team forms the initial element of any assessment, providing background data about the individual to assist us to determine if they are medically stable and ready for physiotherapy. [ 1]
Presenting Condition[edit| edit source]
Diagnosis[edit| edit source]
Type of Spinal Cord Injury e.g. Complete or Incomplete, Specific Syndrome
Level of Spinal Cord Injury e.g. C5
AIS Level e.g AIS A
History of Presenting Condition[edit| edit source]
Date of Spinal Cord Injury[edit| edit source]
When did the spinal cord injury occur? How long ago was the spinal cord injury? Cause of Spinal Cord Injury[edit| edit source]
Traumatic or Non-traumatic. When did initial symptoms appear, were they sudden or did they come on gradually.