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International Standards for Neurological Classification of SCI (ISNCSCI) Exam
International Data Sets
Members of the Executive Committee of the International SCI Standards and Data Sets committees (ECSCI) has worked with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Common Data Element (CDE) Project to integrate the International SCI Data Sets with the other NINDS CDE resources. This effort has included the development of standard variable names for the data elements in the International SCI Data Sets and suggested database structures (i.e., relational data tables for the data sets). These recommended variable names and database structures are intended for free use by clinicians and researchers, so that they can more easily share and combine clinical/research data.
The International Data Sets are available, organized by working group, at the NINDS Common Data Elements website, on the Data Standards tab.
Motor Exam Guide
Key Sensory Points
Other Links: ISCoS (International Spinal Cord Society) International Data Sets page
May, 2019 – International Standards for Neurological Classification 
of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) (Update Released)
The 2019 revision of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) was released at ASIA’s 2019 SCI Summit in Honolulu. This revision introduces two new concepts: 1) a new taxonomy for documentation of non-SCI related impairments such as peripheral nerve lesions or pain, and defines classification rules in the presence of such non-SCI conditions; and 2) the definition of the Zone of Partial Preservation has been changed and now can be used in some cases of incomplete injuries (ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) grades B, C, and D) with absent motor function or sensory function in the most caudal sacral segments. Read more about the 2019 revisions.
The 2019 International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) booklet can be purchased here in the ASIA online store.
Committee Chair & Board Liaison: Rüdiger Rupp, PhD, FASIA
Spinal Cord Injury Center, Heidelberg University Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany
Committee Members
- Fin Biering-Sorensen, MD, PhD, FASIA
Clinic for Spinal Cord Injuries, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Stephen P. Burns, MD, FASIA
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA - James Guest, MD, PhD, FACS, FASIA
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA - Linda Jones, PT, PhD, FASIA
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA - Steven Kirshblum, MD
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, NJ, USA - Andrei Krassioukov, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FASIA
International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries – Vancouver, Canada - Gianna M. Rodriguez, MD
Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA - Mary Schmidt Read, PT, DPT, MS, FASIA
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital – Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA - Christian Schuld, PhD Candidate
Spinal Cord Injury Center, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany - Brittany Snider, DO
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – West Orange, NJ, USA - Keith E. Tansey, MD, PhD, FASNR, FASIA
Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA - Kristen Walden, PT
Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, Canada
