The nurse is assessing a client who presents to the emergency room with a spinal cord injury. Which finding in the client's reports made the nurse suspect central cord syndrome?

1. Hemisection of the spinal cord
2. Acute intervertebral disc herniation
3. Hyperextension of the cervical spine
4. Fractures at L1 and L2


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