Updates for the international standards for neurological classification of Spinal Cord Injury

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 505-517

  Kirshblum, Steven ^a   Waring, William ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; International Standards; Neurologic level; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR CORD SYNDROME; AUTOMATION; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEEP ANAL PRESSURE; DERMATOME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ZONE OF PARTIAL PRESERVATION; CLASSIFICATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84904623770     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2014.04.001     Document Type: Review

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