Reliability and Validity of the ISNCSCI in Patients With Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Lesions

Reliability and Validity of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury in Patients With Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Lesions

Aim of the study is to assess the psychometric properties of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury in subjects with non traumatic lesions.

All patients with non-traumatic SCI consecutively admitted to three Italian SCI centers (IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Montecatone Rehabilitation Hospital and Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS of Pavia) between January 1st 2017 and June 30th 2020 have been prospectively enrolled in the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• having a non-traumatic SCI
• acute / subacute phase
• any level and severity (ASIA Impairment Scale) of injury
• having a cognitive status that allows collaboration in the exam.

Exclusion Criteria:

• presence of dementia or cognitive decline;
• having a pathology of the peripheral nervous system that may affect the evaluation of ISNCSCI;
• having a multiple sclerosis