Spine Classfications and Severity Measures

Care of spinal conditions has become increasingly complex and confusing. Classification systems can help in
understanding the subject matter at hand, but have exploded in numbers and complexity. Attempts at extracting
classifications of spinal disorders are cumbersome and require careful study of numerous reference books without
achieving a comprehensive overview in the end. This one of a kind reference text summarizes over 185 spine
classification or severity easures with standardized art work, provides ratings and critical evaluations of pertinent
strengths and weaknesses in a concise and systematic fashion and provides help in:


뷨tudying spinal disease conditions


뷥reparing informed treatment decisions


뷖ommunicating individual patient disease severity


뷙valuating publications regarding treatment results and success


뷚ormulating spinal research projects


뷥roviding a scientific reference tool


The book is divided into two major systems

Disease severity:

뷛eneral disease severity


뷞nstability


뷤steoporosis


뷨tenosis


뷨pinal deformity


뷗egenerative disorders


뷞nfection


뷪umor


뷝eterotopic ossification


Trauma severity:

뷛eneral trauma scores


뷨pinal cord injury


뷚racture classifications


All identified measures within each of category are formally reviewed and displayed in a unique visually friendly
manner containing:

뷒 one of a kind compendium of high quality diagrams for each severity measure or classification system with unrivaled
specificity and detail


뷪he content of each measure and whether it incorporates the critically important ABCDs of disease severity including:
an anatomical


component, a biomechanical component, a clinical component, and the degree of severity component:

뷒 summary of the measures validity, reliability, and predictive ability with corresponding patient populations


뷒n evaluation of each measure using our scoring criteria focusing on methodological rigor and clinical utility


뷒n overall score for each measure rating the instrument’s strength with respect to methodology and clinical utility