Table 1.
Nerve Excitability Testing |
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MN |
CPN |
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SCI Patient No. | Age, yr/Sex | Motor Level | ASIA Classification | Time from Injury to Test, days | Left | Right | Left | Right |
1 | 70/F | C3 | D | 84 | Y | Inexcitable | *X | *X |
2 | 20/M | C4 | A | 172 | Y | Inexcitable | Inexcitable | Inexcitable |
3 | 30/M | C4 | A | 47 | Y | Y | Inexcitable | Inexcitable |
4 | 84/M | C4 | C | 61 | Y | Y | *X | *X |
5 | 59/M | C4 | C | 21 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
6 | 46/M | C4 | D | 7 | Y | Y | *X | *X |
7 | 57/M | C4 | D | 75 | *X | *X | Y | Y |
8 | 19/M | C5 | C | 28 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
9 | 56/M | C5 | C | 138 | Y | *X | *X | *X |
10 | 65/M | C5 | D | 65 | Y | Y | *X | *X |
11 | 32/M | C6 | D | 28 | Y | Y | *X | *X |
12 | 26/M | C7 | B | 61 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
13 | 62/M | C7 | D | 13 | Y | Inexcitable | Y | Y |
14 | 32/M | T1 | A | 3 | Inexcitable | Inexcitable | Y | Y |
15 | 57/F | T1 | C | 165 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
16 | 25/M | T4 | A | 123 | Y | Y | Inexcitable | Inexcitable |
17 | 24/M | T6 | A | 102 | Y | Y | Inexcitable | Inexcitable |
18 | 24/M | T9 | A | 121 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
19 | 70/M | T11 | A | 180 | Y | Y | Inexcitable | Inexcitable |
20 | 37/F | T11 | B | 92 | Y | Y | Inexcitable | Inexcitable |
21 | 72/F | T11 | C | 140 | Y | Y | Y | Inexcitable |
22 | 26/F | L1 | C | 94 | Y | Y | Inexcitable | Y |
SCI, spinal cord injury; ASIA, American Spinal Injury Association; MN, median nerve; CPN, common peroneal nerve; F, female; M, male;
X, unable to test because of wrist/knee flexion contractures/spasticity or fracture.