ASIA Chart
Developed as a universal classification tool for spinal cord injuries.
Grades:
| A: | Complete | → | no sensory or motor function preserved |
| B: | Sensory Incomplete |
→ | sensory but no motor function is preserved |
| C: | Motor Incomplete |
→ | less than half of key muscle functions below the lesion have a muscle grade of >/= 3 |
| D: | Motor Incomplete |
→ | half or more key muscles functions below the lesion having a muscle grade >/= 3 |
| E: | Normal |
For more in depth classification look up the ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS).
