Correlation Between Neurologic Impairment Grade and Ambulation Status in the Adult Spina Bifida Population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to identify which neurologic impairment scales correlate with ambulation status in adults with spina bifida.

Design

A retrospective chart review was performed on patients seen at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Adult Spina Bifida Clinic. Findings were graded using several neurologic impairment scales: two versions of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry classification, the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury motor level, and the Broughton Neurologic Impairment Scale. Ambulation ability was ranked using the Hoffer classification system.

Results

Data collected from 409 patient records showed significant correlations between Hoffer ambulation status and all neurologic impairmen

SUBMITTER: Tita AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246589 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature