Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the control and spinal cord injured subjects

	Able-bodied	Spinal cord injured
	Control	Recent	Long-standing
Male/Female	10/0	6/1	9/0
Age	39 ± 2	33 ± 4	36 ± 3
BMI (kg/m2)	22.4 ± 0.4		21.4 ± 1.3
1 month		23.9 ± 1.0
3 months		24.2 ± 1.1
12 months		24.6 ± 1.6
AIS level		A	A

AIS, American spinal injury association impairment scale. Results are mean ± SEM.