Rater agreement on the ISCSCI motor and sensory scores obtained before and after formal training in testing technique

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Mulcahey, Mary Jane ^a   Gaughan, John ^b   Betz, Randal R ^a   Vogel, Lawrence C ^c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle testing; Paraplegia; Reliability; Sensory testing; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34548226432     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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