The adoption of a new classification system: Time-dependent variation in interobserver reliability of the thoracolumbar injury severity score classification system

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Patel, Alpesh A ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Albert, Todd J ^b   Hilibrand, Alan S ^b   Harrop, James S ^c   Anderson, D Greg ^b   Sharan, Ashwani ^c   Whang, Peter G ^d   Poelstra, Kornelius A ^e   Arnold, Paul ^f   Dimar, John ^g   Madrazo, Ignacio ^h   Hegde, Sajan ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g Spine Institute   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL ÁNGELES DEL PEDREGAL   (Mexico)

ⁱ APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Classification system; Inter observer reliability; Spine trauma; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOLUMBAR INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR INJURY SEVERITY SCORE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM;

HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846695826     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000254107.57551.8a     Document Type: Review

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