Validation of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) motor score and the National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (NASCIS) motor score

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 614-619

  El Masry, Wagih S ^a,e   Tsubo, Masahiko ^a,b   Katoh, Shinsuke ^a,b   El Miligui, Yasser H S ^c   Khan, Ameen ^d  

^a Midlands Centre for Spinal Injuries   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Orthopaedics Stafford Dist Gen H ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA); motor deficit percentage (MDP); motor recovery percentage (MRP); motor scoring; National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (NASCIS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0029932151     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603010-00015     Document Type: Article

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