Table 1 : American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS)*.
A | Complete |
B | Sensory incomplete: sensory but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the sacral segments S4-S5 |
C | Motor incomplete: motor function is preserved below the neurological level, and more than half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade less than 3 strength |
D | Motor incomplete: motor function is preserved below the neurological level, and at least half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade of 3 or more strength |
E | Normal |
*From: International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury.
Available at: http://www.asia-spinalinjury.org/elearning/ASIA_ISCOS_high.pdf.
Accessed on April 21, 2016.