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Complete Cord Syndrome. Central cord syndrome is common in elderly patients with a history of cervical spondylosis and spinal stenosis who suffer a sci from a traumatic fall. It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord. The injury is considered incomplete because patients are usually not completely paralyzed. The central spinal cord contains large nerve fibers that exchange information between the spinal cord and.
It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord. Ccs most frequently occurs among older persons with cervical spondylosis. The syndrome is more common in people over the age of 50 because osteoarthritis in the neck region causes weakening of the vertebrae. Symptoms of central cord syndrome ccs occur following trauma most commonly falls and consist of upper and lower extremity weakness with varying degrees of sensory loss. This injury results in weakness in the arms more so than the legs. The injury is considered incomplete because patients are usually not completely paralyzed.
As the name suggests this syndrome affects the central part of the spinal cord.
The central spinal cord contains large nerve fibers that exchange information between the spinal cord and. Spinal cord injury syndromes. It is characterized by loss of motion and sensation in arms and hands. Central cord syndrome is the most common form of cervical spinal cord injury. Symptoms of central cord syndrome ccs occur following trauma most commonly falls and consist of upper and lower extremity weakness with varying degrees of sensory loss. It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord.