Agreement of repeated motor and sensory scores at individual myotomes and dermatomes in young persons with complete spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-61

  Mulcahey, M J ^a   Gaughan, J ^b   Betz, R R ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury; Neurological examination; Paraplegia; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTOME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149399410     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.66     Document Type: Article

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