Conversion in ASIA impairment scale during the first year after traumatic spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2027-2036

  Spiess, Martina R ^a   Müller, Roland M ^a,b   Rupp, Rüdiger ^c   Schuld, Christian ^c   Van Hedel, Hubertus J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS); Conversion; Mechanisms; Sacral sparing; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75449117162     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0760     Document Type: Article

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