Table 1.
S# | Gender | Age (years) | Post-injury (months) | Ashworth score | ASIA | Lesion level | Sensation | Spasms/Clonus | Medication per day | Range of movement (ROM) at the hip |
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S1 | M | 35 | 96 | 1 | C | C5 | Intact | Extensor crossed | – | 43° |
S3 | M | 29 | 36 | 0 | C | C5 | Intact | Frequent | – | 45° |
S4 | M | 47 | 78 | 2 | C | C6 | Intact | Ankle clonus | Baclofen 60 mg | 55° |
S5 | M | 22 | 45 | 2 | C | T11 | Intact | Ankle clonus | Baclofen 20 mg | 65° |
S7 | F | 61 | 50 | 0 | C | T9 | Intact | Spasms present | – | 57° |
S10 | M | 52 | 210 | 1 | C | C5 | No sensation of cold/warm | Ankle clonus | Baclofen 30 mg | 55° |
S11 | M | 52 | 186 | 3 | C | C5 | No sensation of cold/warm | Extensor spasms Ankle clonus | – | 60° |
S12 | M | 36 | 36 | 2 | B | T8 | Intact | Severe flexor spasms | Baclofen pump | 58° |
Lesion completeness was classified according to the ASIA impairment scale (Maynard et al., 1997) with ASIA C representing a sensory and motor incomplete lesion where more than half of muscles below the injury level have strength of less than 3 out of 5, and ASIA B representing sensory incomplete but motor complete spinal cord lesion. Spasticity at the ankle was scaled according to the Ashworth scale (Ashworth, 1964). S#: subject number; F, Female; M, Male.