You Are Working with a Spinal Cord Injury Patient at the C6

question 8

Multiple Choice

You are working with a spinal cord injury patient at the C6 level.Your patient has achieved some active wrist extension against gravity.You know the key principal of tenodesis.Knowing this you realize you should now have your patient extend the wrist and ______

• A)Radially deviate the hand
• B)Extend fingers
• C)Flex fingers
• D)Abduct the fingers

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