MEASURING THE IMPAIRMENT CONSEQUENCES OF SPINAL CORD INJURY1
作者:
Rita,
Bode Allen,
Heinemann David,
期刊:
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 78,
issue 6
页码: 582-594
ISSN:0894-9115
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: Spinal Cord Injury;Impairment Severity;Rasch Measurement
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The objectives of this study were to develop and validate an equal-interval measure of neurologic impairment from the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury Patients developed by the American Spinal Injury Association. These standards were used to rate impairment at admission and discharge to Model System facilities. The results demonstrate that the standards fulfill their purpose of characterizing sensory-motor impairment. Developed was a self-scoring key that rehabilitation clinicians can use to obtain a measure of severity that combines sensory and motor level ratings and completeness classifications to describe impairment more precisely and illustrate the magnitude of reductions in impairment. This measure can be used to monitor improvement over time and compare severity across individuals or groups.
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