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

• Published in: Spinal cord Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 282 - 288
• Main Authors: Schuld, C, Wiese, J, Franz, S, Putz, C, Stierle, I, Smoor, I, Weidner, N, Rupp, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Cohort Studies; Disability Evaluation; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Health Personnel - education; Humans; Nervous System Diseases - classification; Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis; Nervous System Diseases - etiology; Neurologic Examination - methods; Neurologic Examination - standards; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Cord Injuries - complications; Surveys and Questionnaires

Prospective, longitudinal cohort study. To quantify the effect of formal training in the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) on the classification accuracy and to identify the most difficult ISNCSCI rules. European Multicenter Study on Human Spinal...