title: Version 1.1 of the international spinal cord injury skin and thermoregulation function basic data set.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the changes made to the international spinal cord injury (SCI) skin and thermoregulation function basic data set in version 1.1.
  
  
  METHODS
  International.
  
  
  METHODS
  An international working group reviewed suggested changes to the international SCI skin and thermoregulation function basic data set version 1.0. These changes were discussed and the agreed changes were made. Subsequently, the recommended adjustments were circulated for review to the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) Executive and Scientific Committees, the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Board, around 40 national and international societies, and to interested individuals who had signed up wishing to have the opportunity to review. In addition, the suggested changes were displayed at the ISCoS and ASIA websites for at least a month for possible comments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The recommendation 'largest diameter, including undermining' is changed to: 'Largest undermining', and a description of how to measure this is inserted. The 'smallest opening diameter' is changed to: 'Width' as the maximum dimension perpendicular to the length axis. In the literature, there is a tendency to replace 'grades' or 'stages' with 'categories'; therefore, the word 'category' is used instead of 'grade' or 'stage'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Impracticable measurements have been adjusted and new terminology adopted. All are to be found on ISCoS website: http://www.iscos.org.uk/international-sci-skin-and-thermoregulation-function-data-sets.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Spinal Cord Injuries, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biering-Sørensen
authors.affiliation: Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA.|Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA.|Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence in Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F W A
authors.initials: FWA
authors.lastname: van Asbeck
authors.affiliation: ASIA and ISCoS, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|Autonomic Research Unit, International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|Spinal Cord Program, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krassioukov
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence in Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M W M
authors.initials: MWM
authors.lastname: Post
mesh_terms: D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D066264:Datasets as Topic; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic