Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.

Characteristics	SCI Patients	Controls
Participants	11	9
Mean age (years)	41.3 ± 15.3	41.6 ± 20.0
Gender (male: female)	11: 0	9: 0
Mean disease duration (years)	11.8 ± 9.1	-
Level of injury (# of participants)	C4(1), C5(1), C6(4), C7(5)	Neurologic intact
Mechanism (# of participants)	MVA(4), Diving(3), Machine(1), Fall(1), MCC(2)	-

SCI: spinal cord injury; MVA: motor vehicle accident; MCC: motorcycle crash.

Unless otherwise indicated, data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.