A Client Has a Tumor at the L5 Level of the Spinal

question 9

Multiple Choice

A client has a tumor at the L5 level of the spinal cord. On a recent evaluation, the client was able to demonstrate some sphincter control for toileting. What type of SCI would this individual most likely have?

• A) Complete
• B) Incomplete
• C) Lumbosacral
• D) Tetraplegia

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Definitions:

Sample Standard Deviation

Sample standard deviation is a statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is computed from the square root of the variance of the sample.

Sample Mean

The average value computed from a sample of a population, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Population Mean

The population mean is the average of all the values in a population. It is a measure of central tendency that summarises the characteristic of the entire population.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

A medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body.