Effect of formal training in scaling, scoring and classification of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-288

  Schuld, C ^a   Wiese, J ^a   Franz, S ^a   Putz, C ^a   Stierle, I ^a   Smoor, I ^a   Weidner, N ^a   Rupp, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; ASIA Standards; International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI); Spinal cord injury; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLOMETRY; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; WORKSHOP;

COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84878343253     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.149     Document Type: Article

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