Table 1.

Basic group characteristics, pre-test and post-test results of the ISNCSCI instructional course attendees grouped by the worksheet revisions 2011 and 2013

	2011 Worksheet	2013 Revised worksheet	P-Value
Characteristics
Participants	72	53	N/A
Workshops	6	5	N/A
Language	34.72% English	35.85% English	0.896a
	65.28% German	64.15% German
Profession	54.72% physician	58.33% physician	0.829a
	37.74% physical therapist	30.56% physical therapist
	03.77% other	05.56% other
	03.77% occupational therapist	04.17% occupational therapist
		01.39% nurse
Experience in SCI medicine	39.44% < 1 year	48.08% < 1 year	0.605a
	26.76% 1–5 years	26.92% 1–5 years
	11.27% 6–10 years	11.54% 6–10 years
	22.54% >10 years	13.46% >10 years
Pre Test Results (percentage correct answers; mean ± standard deviation)
ASIA Impairment Scale	49.44% ± 29.64%	47.20% ± 31.66%	0.798b
Completeness	82.50% ± 31.83%	79.62% ± 32.70%	0.522b
Neurological level of injury	50.00% ± 33.74%	49.81% ± 33.19%	0.958b
Sensory levels	63.19% ± 35.69%	69.06% ± 39.39%	0.602b
Motor levels	31.39% ± 28.89%	30.94% ± 28.51%	0.871b
Sensory ZPPs	60.97% ± 34.89%	65.66% ± 34.05%	0.495b
Motor ZPPs	60.97% ± 33,07%	65.85% ± 35.49%	0.345b
Overall	56.50% ± 22.89%	58.98% ± 22.89%	0.500b
Post Test Results (percentage correct answers mean ± standard deviation)
ASIA Impairment Scale	86.11% ± 14.49%	86.03% ± 15.48%	0.935b
Completeness	98.33% ± 05.57%	98.49% ± 07.70%	0.689b
Neurological level of injury	86.11% ± 16.66%	90.94% ± 18.63%	0.043b
Sensory levels	97.92% ± 06.04%	97.92% ± 09.89%	0.586b
Motor levels	83.19% ± 14.53%	88.11% ± 15.32%	0.046b
Sensory ZPPs	94.44% ± 10,33%	96.79% ± 08.03%	0.290b
Motor ZPPs	93.33% ± 11.13%	96.42% ± 08.57%	0.223b
Overall	92.22% ± 06.65%	94.30% ± 07.73%	0.010b

Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; ASIA, American Spinal Injury Association; SCI, Spinal Cord Injury; ZPP, Zone of partial preservation; ISNCSCI, International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

^a Fisher's exact test

^b Mann–Whitney U test