Functional Evaluation of Spinal Cord Injury

Autor:	Minoru Katayama, Gen Shiraishi, Yoshiaki Saito, Ritsuko Ohi, Atsuya Hanaoka, Minoru Saika
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Functional evaluation business.industry Mean age Cervical cord medicine.disease Spinal cord Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine.anatomical_structure Functional independence medicine Physical therapy business Spinal cord injury
Zdroj:	Orthopedics & Traumatology. 48:1072-1076
ISSN:	1349-4333 0037-1033
DOI:	10.5035/nishiseisai.48.1072
Popis:	Current evaluation equipments of spinal cord injuries such as ASIA and Frankel classification provide better neurological understanding of patients, but not always express their functional assessment. To improve this problem, Ueta reported a new classification for spinal cord injuries; modified Frankel classification 1998. We investigated the relationship between Ueta's classification and ADL by functional independence measurement. 44 patients consisting of 38 males and 6 females with a mean age of 54.8 years (range: 16 to 86 years) were available for evaluation. It was concluded that Ueta's classification is useful for the categorization of acute central cervical cord injuries in the acute phase as well as for the evaluation of neurological disorders and functional assessment in the chronic phase.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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