The International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Intra-rater agreement of total motor and sensory scores in the pediatric population

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-161

  Chafetz, Ross S ^a   Gaughan, John P ^b   Vogel, Lawrence C ^c   Betz, Randal ^a   Mulcahey, M J ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child; Classification; International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury; Measurement; Paraplegia; Physical examination, neurological; Spinal cord injuries, complete, incomplete; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; TOUCH;

EID: 66449087750     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11760767     Document Type: Article

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