Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with spinal cord injury

SCI patient	ASIA neurological level*	ASIA grade	Motor score (max 100)	Sensory score		Time from injury (weeks)	Cause of injury
				Pinprick (max 112)	Light touch (max 112)
P	T3	A	50	46	43	154	RTA
P2	C6	B	32	54	42	153	Fall
P3	T4	D	100	66	66	159	TM
P4	C4	A	28	32	32	14	Fall
P5	T5	C	50	6	6	332	RTA
P6	C7	C	5	32	32	242	Sport
P7	C8	A	50	3	3	259	RTA

TM = acute transverse myelitis. RTA = road traffic accident.

^*Neurological level: the most caudal segment with normal sensory and motor function.

The ASIA Impairment Scale (Maynard et al., 1997) classifies patients with SCI as: A = complete, when no sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5; B = incomplete, when sensory but no motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the sacral segments S4-S5; C = incomplete, when motor function is preserved below the neurological level and more than half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade (MRC scale) <3; D = incomplete; when motor function is preserved below the neurological level and at least half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade ~3; E = normal, when sensory and motor functions are normal.