Light touch and pin prick disparity in the International Standard for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI)

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 375-378

  Vasquez, N ^a   Gall, A ^a   Ellaway, P H ^a,b   Craggs, M D ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS); dermatomes; International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI); light touch; pin prick

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY; LIGHT TOUCH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PIN PRICK DISPARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877580089     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.175     Document Type: Review

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