Teachability and reliability of a new classification system for lower cervical spinal injuries

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2039-2043

  Zehnder, Scott W ^a   Lenarz, Christopher J ^a   Place, Howard M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury severity score; Lower cervical spine; Reliability; Teachability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349150986     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181af053c     Document Type: Article

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