Neurological recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury: what is meaningful? A patients' and physicians' perspective.
Paula Valerie Ter WengelMarcel W M PostEnrico MartinJanneke Stolwijk-SwusteAllard Jan Frederik HosmanSaid SadiqiWilliam Peter VandertopFetullah Cumhur ÖnerPublished in: Spinal cord (2020)
Meaningful recovery can be achieved without improving in AIS grade, since the recovery of functional motor levels appears to be as important as improving in AIS grade by both patients and physicians. Moreover, minor neurological improvements within AIS-C and D are also considered clinically meaningful. Future studies should incorporate more detailed neurological outcomes to prevent potential underestimation of neurological recovery by only using the AIS grade.
Keyphrases
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