Assessment of impairment in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1445-1477

  Furlan, Julio C ^a,b   Noonan, Vanessa ^c   Singh, Anoushka ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASIA Standards; impairment; pain; spinal cord injury; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79960825295     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1152     Document Type: Review

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