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. 2021 Spring;27(2):1-22.
doi: 10.46292/sci2702-1.

International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Revised 2019

Rüdiger Rupp, Fin Biering-Sørensen, Stephen P Burns, Daniel E Graves, James Guest, Linda Jones, Mary Schmidt Read, Gianna M Rodriguez, Christian Schuld, Keith E Tansey-Md, Kristen Walden, Steven Kirshblum

International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Revised 2019

Rüdiger Rupp et al. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2021 Spring.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Anatomy of the lumbar-sacral spinal cord
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Key sensory points
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Schematic depiction of innervation of each three key muscles by two nerve segments
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