Table 1.
Participant characteristics (n = 122).
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 98 | 80.3 | |||
| Female | 24 | 19.7 | |||
| Age at injury in years | |||||
| 18–30 | 34 | 27.9 | |||
| 31–45 | 34 | 27.9 | |||
| 46–60 | 39 | 32 | |||
| ≥ 61 | 15 | 12.3 | |||
| Average age (SD) | 42.5 (14.8) | ||||
| Spinal surgery | |||||
| Yes | 42 | 34.4 | |||
| No | 80 | 65.6 | |||
| Vertebral injury | |||||
| Yes | 102 | 83.6 | |||
| No | 20 | 16.4 | |||
| AIS* | |||||
| A | 51 | 41.8 | |||
| B | 5 | 4.1 | |||
| C | 35 | 28.7 | |||
| D | 31 | 25.4 | |||
| AIS* | A (n) | B (n) | C (n) | D (n) | |
| Lesion level | C1-C4 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| C5-C8 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |
| T1-T12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| L1-S5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |
*American Spinal Injury Association (AIS) Impairment scale; A, Complete; B, Sensory Incomplete; C, Motor Incomplete; D, Motor Incomplete (9).