1. what assessment findings are associated with injuries of the spinal cord at the thoracic level
A spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. 
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Spinal cord injury [SEP] Introduction
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cord below the level of the injury. Injury can occur at any level of the spinal cord and can be "complete injury", with a total loss of sensation and muscle function at lower sacral segments, or "incomplete", meaning some nervous signals are able to travel past the injured area of the cord up to the Sacral S4-5 spinal cord segments.