Intra-rater agreement of the anorectal exam and classification of injury severity in children with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 687-691

  Vogel, L ^a,b   Samdani, A ^c   Chafetz, R ^c   Gaughan, J ^d   Betz, R ^c   Mulcahey, M J ^c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurological evaluation; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149087754     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.180     Document Type: Article

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