Interrater reliability of the international standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury in youths with chronic spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1264-1269

  Mulcahey, Mary Jane ^a   Gaughan, John P ^c   Chafetz, Ross S ^a   Vogel, Larry C ^b   Samdani, Amer F ^a   Betz, Randal R ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurological impairment; Paraplegia; Quadriplegia; Rehabilitation; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TOUCH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961091517     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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