Discrepancy between severity obtained from examination and classification conducted by experienced examiners and classifiers and documented severity in paediatric spinal cord injury

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 406-410

  Calhoun, Christina L ^a   Chafetz, Ross S ^a   Mulcahey, M J ^a  

^a Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS); International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISCSCI); Severity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77749333527     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518420903179660     Document Type: Article

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