Publications

2010

• Pouw MH, van de Meent H, van Middendorp JJ, Hirschfeld S, Thietje R, van Kampen A; EM-SCI study Group, Hosman AJ. Relevance of the diagnosis traumatic cervical Brown-Séquard-plus syndrome: an analysis based on the neurological and functional recovery in a prospective cohort of 148 patients. Spinal Cord. 2010 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print] (link)
• Pouw MH, van Middendorp JJ, van Kampen A, Hirschfeld S, Veth RP; EM-SCI study group, Curt A, Hosman AJ, van de Meent H. Diagnostic criteria of traumatic central cord syndrome. Part 1: A systematic review of clinical descriptors and scores. Spinal Cord. 2010 Jan 5. [Epub ahead of print] (link)
• Zoerner B, Blackenhorn WU, Dietz V, Curt A. Clinical Algorithm for improved prediction of ambulation and patient stratification after incomplete spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2010 Jan;27(1):241-52. (link)

2009 

• Jakob W, Wirz M, van Hedel HJ, Dietz V; EM-SCI Study Group. Difficulty of elderly SCI subjects to translate motor recovery - "body function" - into daily living activities. J Neurotrauma. 2009 Nov;26(11):2037-44. (link)
• Pouw MH, Hosman AJ, van Middendorp JJ, Verbeek MM, Vos PE, van de Meent H. Biomarkers in spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. (link)
• Rudhe C, van Hedel HJ. Upper extremity function in persons with tetraplegia: relationships between strength, capacity, and the spinal cord independence measure. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. (link)
• van Hedel HJ; EMSCI Study Group. Gait speed in relation to categories of functional ambulation after spinal cord injury. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. (link)
• van Hedel HJ, Dietz V; European Multicenter Study on Human Spinal Cord Injury (EM-SCI) Study Group. Walking during daily life can be validly and responsively assessed in subjects with a spinal cord injury. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. (link)
• van Middendorp JJ, Hosman AJ, Pouw MH; EM-SCI Study Group, Van de Meent H. Is determination between complete and incomplete traumatic spinal cord injury clinically relevant? Validation of the ASIA sacral sparing criteria in a prospective cohort of 432 patients. Spinal Cord. 2009 Nov;47(11):809-16. (link)
• van Middendorp JJ, Hosman AJ, Pouw MH, EM-SCI Study Group, Van de Meent H. ASIA Impairment Scale conversion in traumatic SCI: is it related with the ability to walk? A descriptive comparison with functional ambulation outcome measures in 273 patients. Spinal Cord. 2009 Jul;47(7):555-60. (link)

2008

• Curt A, Van Hedel HJ, Klaus D, Dietz V; EM-SCI Study Group. Recovery from a spinal cord injury: significance of compensation, neural plasticity, and repair. J Neurotrauma. (link)
• Spiess M, Schubert M, Kliesch U; EM-SCI Study group, Halder P. Evolution of tibial SSEP after traumatic spinal cord injury: baseline for clinical trials. Clin Neurophysiol. (link)
• van Hedel HJ, Wirz M, Dietz V. Standardized assessment of walking capacity after spinal cord injury: the European network approach. Neurol Res. (link)
• Wirth B, van Hedel HJ, Kometer B, Dietz V, Curt A. Changes in activity after a complete spinal cord injury as measured by the Spinal Cord Independence Measure II (SCIM II). Neurorehabil Neural Repair. (link)

2007

• Egli D, Hausmann O, Schmid M, Boos N, Dietz V, Curt A. Lumbar spinal stenosis: assessment of cauda equina involvement by electrophysiological recordings. J Neurol. (link)
• Fawcett JW, Curt A, Steeves JD, Coleman WP, Tuszynski MH, Lammertse D, Bartlett PF, Blight AR, Dietz V, Ditunno J, Dobkin BH, Havton LA, Ellaway PH, Fehlings MG, Privat A, Grossman R, Guest JD, Kleitman N, Nakamura M, Gaviria M, Short D. Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP panel: spontaneous recovery after spinal cord injury and statistical power needed for therapeutic clinical trials. Spinal Cord. (link)
• Steeves JD, Lammertse D, Curt A, Fawcett JW, Tuszynski MH, Ditunno JF, Ellaway PH, Fehlings MG, Guest JD, Kleitman N, Bartlett PF, Blight AR, Dietz V, Dobkin BH, Grossman R, Short D, Nakamura M, Coleman WP, Gaviria M, Privat A; International Campaign for Cures of Spinal Cord Injury Paralysis. Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury (SCI) as developed by the ICCP panel: clinical trial outcome measures. Spinal Cord. (link)
• Tuszynski MH, Steeves JD, Fawcett JW, Lammertse D, Kalichman M, Rask C, Curt A, Ditunno JF, Fehlings MG, Guest JD, Ellaway PH, Kleitman N, Bartlett PF, Blight AR, Dietz V, Dobkin BH, Grossman R, Privat A; International Campaign for Cures of Spinal Cord Injury Paralysis. Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP Panel: clinical trial inclusion/exclusion criteria and ethics. Spinal Cord. (link)
• van Hedel HJ, Dietz V, Curt A. Assessment of walking speed and distance in subjects with an incomplete spinal cord injury. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. (link)

2006

• van Hedel HJ, Curt A. Fighting for each segment: estimating the clinical value of cervical and thoracic segments in SCI. J Neurotrauma. (link)
• van Hedel HJ, Wirz M, Curt A. Improving walking assessment in subjects with an incomplete spinal cord injury: responsiveness. Spinal Cord. (link)
• Wirz M, van Hedel HJ, Rupp R, Curt A, Dietz V. Muscle force and gait performance: relationships after spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. (link)

2005

• Curt A. Neurologische und funktionelle Erholung nach Querschnittlähmung. [Neurological and functional recovery from spinal cord injury. Progress and evaluation standards in paraplegic medicine.] Der Orthopäde. (link)
• Curt A. Letter to the Editor. Reply to R Jaeger et al. Spinal Cord. (link)
• Curt A, Dietz V. Controversial treatments for spinal-cord injuries. Lancet. (link)
• Rupp R, Schweidler J, Curt A, Dietz V, Gerner H. An electronic tool for multicenter administration, assessment and analysis of clinical trials in spinal cord injury. Biomedizinische Technik.

2004

• Curt A, Schwab ME, Dietz V. Providing the clinical basis for new interventional therapies: refined diagnosis and assessment of recovery after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. (link)