. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 4.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 May;88(5):638–645. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.002

Table 1.

Frequency and Course of 7 Symptoms in the Sample of Patients With SCI

Symptom^*	Frequency of Occurrence (% >1)	Frequency of Severe Symptom (% >6)	Average Severity (mean ± SD)	Course Since Onset (%)			Course Last 6 Months (%)
Symptom^*	Frequency of Occurrence (% >1)	Frequency of Severe Symptom (% >6)	Average Severity (mean ± SD)	Worse	Same	Better	Worse	Same	Better
Pain	84	35	4.17±3.08	40	39	21	30	64	6
Weakness	64	18	3.21±3.10	35	30	35	26	64	10
Fatigue	67	18	3.23±2.91	41	31	28	26	66	9
Numbness	66	38	4.41±3.89	21	60	19	14	82	4
Memory loss	27	5	1.11±2.14	49	39	13	34	53	13
Vision loss	27	4	0.99±1.96	69	29	3	39	61	0
Shortness of breath	34	8	1.52±2.61	28	53	18	18	74	8

All symptoms rated by respondents on a 0 (none) to 10 (very severe) scale.