At what level of spinal cord injury is a patient able to propel a manual wheelchair independently?
A)C2
B)C3
C)C4
D)C6

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InC6 level spinal cord injury, the patient can propel a manual wheelchair independently.
At C6 level spinal cord injury there will be innervations for wrist extensors, pectoralis major, and teres major.
At C2 and C3 level injury, the patient can use a power wheelchair with a reeling frame.
At C4 level injury, the patient can operate a power wheelchair with chin cup, and chin control.

At What Level of Spinal Cord Injury Is a Patient