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Spinal cord injuries are classified as complete and incomplete by the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) classification. The ASIA scale grades patients based on their functional impairment as a result of the injury, grading a patient from A to E.
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Pneumaticos, S.G., Triantafyllopoulos, G.K., Lasanianos, N.G. (2015). American Spinal Injury Association - ASIA - Impairment Scale for Neurological Deficit. In: Lasanianos, N., Kanakaris, N., Giannoudis, P. (eds) Trauma and Orthopaedic Classifications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6572-9_50
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