Advance in neurological classification of spinal cord injury with complications

Genlin Liu; Hongjun Zhou; Jianjun LI; Bo Wei; Ying Zheng; Chunxia Hao; Ying Zhang; Yiji Wang; Haiqiong Kang; Xiaolei LU; Yuan Yuan; Qianru Meng

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Advance in neurological classification of spinal cord injury with complications

VernacularTitle:伴并发症脊髓损伤的神经学分类研究进展
Author: Genlin LIU ¹ ; Hongjun ZHOU ¹ ; Jianjun LI ² ; Bo WEI ¹ ; Ying ZHENG ¹ ; Chunxia HAO ¹ ; Ying ZHANG ¹ ; Yiji WANG ¹ ; Haiqiong KANG ¹ ; Xiaolei LU ¹ ; Yuan YUAN ¹ ; Qianru MENG ¹
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1. Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing 100068, China
2. China Rehabilitation Science Institute, Beijing 100068, China
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: spinal cord injury; complication; International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury; classification
From: Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2022;28(8):934-938
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ObjectivesTo introduce the progress in neurological classification of spinal cord injury (SCI) with complications. MethodsThe literatures in recent ten years were reviewed and summarized. ResultsIn January, 2022, a new neurological classification of SCI with complications in the International Standards for Neurological Classification of SCI (ISNCSCI) was published by the focus group of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) International Standards Committee, with the extended "*"-tag concept, sensory and motor examination results impacted by SCI complication above, at, or below the neurological level of injury (NLI) could be consistently documented, scored, and classified. ConclusionThis new taxonomy in neurological classification of SCI with complications has overcome the shortcomings of the previous ISNCSCI versions and benefits the accuracy of ISNCSCI classifications, it could be tried in the clinical application.