Reliability and repeatability of the motor and sensory examination of the international standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-170

  Marino, Ralph J ^a   Jones, Linda ^b   Kirshblum, Steven ^c   Tal, Joseph ^d   Dasgupta, Abhiijit ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Proneuron Biotechnologies   (Israel)

^c KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

^d TechnoStat Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neurological examination, motor, sensory; Outcomes; Paraplegia; Reliability; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUADRIPLEGIA; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARD; TOUCH;

EID: 46749156340     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11760707     Document Type: Article

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