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Acute Central Cord Syndrome. It is marked by a disproportionately greater impairment of motor. Atccs is the most commonly encountered subtype of incomplete spinal cord injury and is characterized by worse sensory and motor function in the upper extremities compared with the lower extremities. Following acute cervical spinal cord injury patients may present with arm weakness and relative preservation of the strength in the legs. It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord.
Central cord syndrome ccs is an incomplete traumatic injury to the cervical spinal cord the portion of the spinal cord that runs through the bones of the neck. The syndrome is more common in people over the age of 50 because osteoarthritis in the neck region causes weakening of the vertebrae. Central cord syndrome is the most common form of cervical spinal cord injury. This clinical presentation has been largely attributed to acute traumatic central cord syndrome atccs. Acute traumatic central cord syndrome atccs is typically the result of a hyperextension injury and may occur in the setting of a fracture or dislocation or in the presence of preexisting cervical stenosis. It is most commonly seen in the setting of trauma such as motor vehicles or falls in elderly patients.
It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord.
It is marked by a disproportionately greater impairment of motor. The syndrome is more common in people over the age of 50 because osteoarthritis in the neck region causes weakening of the vertebrae. Acute traumatic central cord syndrome atccs is typically the result of a hyperextension injury and may occur in the setting of a fracture or dislocation or in the presence of preexisting cervical stenosis. Following acute cervical spinal cord injury patients may present with arm weakness and relative preservation of the strength in the legs. It is most commonly seen in the setting of trauma such as motor vehicles or falls in elderly patients. Central cord syndrome ccs is an incomplete traumatic injury to the cervical spinal cord the portion of the spinal cord that runs through the bones of the neck.