Agreement of repeated motor and sensory scores at individual myotomes and dermatomes in young persons with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-83

  Krisa, L ^a   Gaughan, J ^b   Vogel, L ^c,d   Betz, R R ^a   Mulcahey, M J ^a,e  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASIA standards; pediatric; reliability study; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DERMATOME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY; LIGHT TOUCH TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTOME; PIN PRICK TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872085141     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.127     Document Type: Article

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