Citation

Waring WP, Biering-Sorensen F, Burns S, Donovan W, Graves D, Jha A, Jones L, Kirshblum S, Marino R, Mulcahey MJ, Reeves R, Scelza WM, Schmidt-Read M, Stein A. J. Spinal Cord Med. 2010; 33(4): 346-352.

Affiliation

Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. wwaring@mcw.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, Publisher Maney Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21061894

PMCID

PMC2964022

Abstract

The International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) were recently reviewed by the ASIA's Education and Standards Committees, in collaboration with the International Spinal Cord Society's Education Committee. Available educational materials for the ISNCSCI were also reviewed. The last citable reference for the ISNCSCI's methodology is the ISNCSCI Reference Manual, published in 2003 by ASIA. The Standards Committee recommended that the numerous items that were revised should be published and a precedent established for a routine published review of the ISNCSCI. The Standards Committee also noted that, although the 2008 reprint pocket booklet is current, the reference manual should be revised after proposals to modify/revise the ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS as modified from Frankel) are considered. In addition, the Standards Committee adopted a process for thorough and transparent review of requests to revise the ISNCSCI.

Language: en