title: [Clinimetrical scales in spinal cord lesion].
abstract: Clinimetrics is a specific field of medical science, it is the science of measurement of clinical occurrence in a patient. The aim of clinimetrics is to construct scales to evaluate patients with clinical indicators. The inclusion of the patient's condition in the point value allows to objectified, compare and evaluate treatment and to carry out mathematical and statistical analysis in science researches. A review of clinimetrical methods used in spinal cord lesion was made in reference to both injury and functional scales. The latest tools for functional assessment of patients after spinal cord injury--Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) and Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI)--were described. Properly selected and used the scales let achieve a goal, which is unambiguous, repeatable and quantitative summary of clinical phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Fizjoterapii, Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu. pijo62@interia.pl
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Józefowski
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuciel-Lewandowska
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paprocka-Borowicz
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living / Q000145:classification*; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000145:classification* / Q000534:rehabilitation