The subaxial cervical spine injury classification system: An external agreement validation study

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1055-1063

  Van Middendorp, Joost J ^a,b,c   Audigé, Laurent ^d   Bartels, Ronald H ^c   Bolger, Ciaran ^e   Deverall, Hamish ^f,g   Dhoke, Priyesh ^f,h   Diekerhof, Carel H ⁱ   Govaert, Geertje A M ^f,j   Guimerá, Vicente ^f,k   Koller, Heiko ^l   Morris, Stephen A C ^f,m   Setiobudi, Tony ^f,n   Hosman, Allard J F ^c  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^e BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^h SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁱ CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^l German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^m FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

Classification system; SLIC system; Spinal trauma; Subaxial cervical spine; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE INJURY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; SLIC SYSTEM; SPINAL TRAUMA; SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883887727     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.02.040     Document Type: Article

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