Ref: Nerve Roots
- Roots
- Quick screen
- C4: Spontaneous breathing
- C5: Shoulder shrug, deltoid
- C6: Biceps, wrist extension
- C7: Triceps, wrist flexion
- C8/T1: Finger flexion
- T1-12: Intercostals, abdominals
- L1/L2: Hip flexion
- L2/L3/L4: Hip adduction, quadriceps
- L4/L5: Hip abduction
- L5: Great toe dorsiflexion
- S1/S2: Foot plantarflexion
- S2-S4: Rectal tone
- Shoulder:
• Abduct (C5)
• Adduct (C5-C7)
- Elbow:
• Flex (C5-C6)
• Extend (C7)
- Wrist:
• Flex (C7-8)
• Extend (C7)
- Finger
• Flex (C7-8)
• Extend (C7)
• Abduct (T1)
- Hip
• Flex (L1/L2)
• Extend (L5/S1)
- Knee
• Flex (S1)
• Extend (L3/L4)
- Ankle
• Dorsiflex (L4)
• Plantarflex (S1/S2)