Inter-rater reliability of motor and sensory examinations performed according to American Spinal Injury Association standards

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 444-451

  Savic, G ^a   Bergstrom E M K ^a   Frankel, H L ^a   Jamous, M A ^a   Jones, P W ^b  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASIA standards; Manual muscle testing; Reliability; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINE INJURY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOUCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34249934313     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102044     Document Type: Article

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