Table 3.
Sacral autonomic function
| Ability to prevent bowel leakage | Normal (2) | Individuals with normal sensation and motor function in the S3–S5 dermatomes | ||
| Altered (1) | Individuals with partial sensation and motor function in the S3–S5 dermatomes | |||
| Absent (0) | No motor function at the S3–5 dermatomes | |||
| Not Tested (NT): indicate reason | ||||
| System/Organ | Scoring | Anticipated Function (based on ISNCSCI) | Anticipated Functional Score | Patient Reported Score |
| Psychogenic arousal | Normal (2) | Normal sensation and reflex motor function at T11-L2 | ||
| Altered (1) | Partial sensation and motor reflex function at T11-L2 | |||
| Absent (0) | No sensation or reflex motor function at T11-L2 | |||
| Not Tested (NT): indicate reason | ||||
| Reflex genital arousal | Normal (2) | Normal sensation and reflex function at S3–5 | ||
| Altered (1) | Partial sensation and motor reflex function at S3–5 | |||
| Absent (0) | No sensation or motor function at S3–5 | |||
| Not Tested (NT): indicate reason | ||||
| Orgasm | Normal (2) | Intact S3–5 sensation and or motor function with any degree of preserved sacral reflexes | ||
| Altered (1) | No S3–5 sensation or motor function and preserved sacral reflexes | |||
| Absent (0) | No S3–5 sensation or motor function and absent sacral reflexes | |||
| Not Tested (NT): indicate reason | ||||
| Ejaculation | Normal (2) | Normal T11–12 sensation and sacral reflexes | ||
| Altered (1) | Diminished sensation at T11–12 dermatomes and normal sacral reflexes | |||
| Absent (0) | No sensation at T11–12 dermatomes and absent sacral reflexes | |||
| Not Tested (NT): indicate reason |