The Effect of Age and Injury Severity on Clinical Prediction Rules for Ambulation Among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

While several models for predicting independent ambulation early after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) based upon age and specific motor and sensory level findings have been published and validated, their accuracy, especially in individual American Spinal Injury Association [ASIA] Impairment Scale (AIS) classifications, has been questioned. Further, although age is widely used in prediction rules, its role and possible modifications have not been adequately evaluated until now.
Source: The Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research