A thoracic and lumbar spine injury severity classification based on neurologic function grade, spinal canal deformity, and spinal biomechanical stability

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 636-647

  Tsou, Paul M ^a   Wang, Jeffrey ^a   Khoo, Larry ^a   Shamie, A Nick ^a   Holly, Langston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinal canal area compromise; Spinal canal deformity; Spinal canal dislocation; Spinal canal intrusion; Spinal canal translation; Spinal instability; Spinal load bearing function; Spinal tensile function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33750526932     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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