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American Spinal Injury Association

American Spinal Injury Association

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The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), formed in 1973,[2] publishes the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI),[3] which is a neurological exam widely used to document sensory and motor impairments following spinal cord injury (SCI).[4] The ASIA assessment is the gold standard for assessing SCI.[5] ASIA is one of the affiliated societies of the International Spinal Cord Society.[6]

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The exam is based on neurological responses, touch and pinprick sensations tested in each dermatome, and strength of the muscles that control key motions on both sides of the body.[7] Muscle strength is scored on a scale of 0–5 according to the adjacent table, and sensation is graded on a scale of 0–2: 0 is no sensation, 1 is altered or decreased sensation, and 2 is full sensation.[8] Each side of the body is graded independently.[8] When an area is not available (e.g. because of an amputation or cast), it is recorded as "NT", "not testable".[3] The ISNCSCI exam is used for determining the neurological level of injury (the lowest area of full, uninterrupted sensation and function).[3]

The completeness or incompleteness of the injury is measured by the ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS).

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    Harvey 2008, p. 7.
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    "ASIA | History". Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
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    Kirshblum, Steven C.; Burns, Stephen P.; Biering-Sorensen, Fin; Donovan, William; Graves, Daniel E.; Jha, Amitabh; Johansen, Mark; Jones, Linda; Krassioukov, Andrei; Mulcahey, M.J.; Schmidt-Read, Mary; Waring, William (2011). "International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury (Revised 2011)". The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 34 (6): 535–546. doi:10.1179/204577211X13207446293695. ISSN 1079-0268. PMC 3232636. PMID 22330108.
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    Marino, R.J.; Barros, T.; Biering-Sorensen, F.; Burns, S.P.; Donovan, W.H.; Graves, D.E.; Haak, M.; Hudson, L.M.; Priebe, M.M.; ASIA Neurological Standards Committee 2002 (2003). "International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury". The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 26 Suppl 1: S50–56. doi:10.1080/10790268.2003.11754575. PMID 16296564. S2CID 12799339.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    Dimitrijevic et al. 2012, p. 12.
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    Affiliated Societies 13.04.2011
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    "Standard Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury" (PDF). American Spinal Injury Association & ISCOS. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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    Weiss 2010, p. 307.
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    Teufack, Harrop & Ashwini 2012, p. 67.

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