An initial assessment finding associated with acute spinal cord injury is _____ the injury.
A) Pain below the level of
B) Loss of autonomic reflexes above
C) Loss of voluntary control below
D) Hyperactive spinal reflexes below

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Normal activity of the spinal cord cells at and below the level of injury ceases because of loss of the continuous tonic discharge from the brain or brainstem and inhibition of suprasegmental impulses immediately after cord injury,thus causing spinal shock.
Pain would not be present below the level of the injury because activity of the cells below the level of injury ceases.
Autonomic reflexes above the injury remain intact.
Activity of the cells below the level of injury cease; thus,hyperactive spinal reflexes below the injury will not occur.

An Initial Assessment Finding Associated with Acute Spinal Cord Injury