Recent studies of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) report higher conversion rates of the
American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) grades, especially for …

The neurological severity of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is commonly classified according to
the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS). The aim of this study …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objectives. This study investigates the association
between spinal cord injuries (SCI) and post-injury mortality. Summary of Background Data …

Study design: Cohort of incident cases from 1955 to 2006. Objectives: To analyse acute and
long-term mortality, estimate life expectancy and identify survival patterns of individuals …

Background context The existing evidence suggests that, although older spinal cord injury
(SCI) patients experience a similar degree of neurologic recovery to younger patients, older …

The predominant tool used to predict outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is the
International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI), in …

Objective To determine whether the “sacral sparing” definition for completeness of traumatic
spinal cord injury (SCI) is a more stable definition than the previously used Frankel …

Objective To determine the differences in neurologic recovery in persons with initial cervical
American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) grades A and B over time …

Background Quantifying the clinical neurological impairment of individuals with traumatic
spinal cord injury (SCI) is of great importance in managing the population. The current gold …

Objective This study aims to evaluate the rate of improvement in neurologic recovery of
patients with sports-related spinal cord injury (SRSCI) who had surgical intervention (SS) …