Table 2.
Variable
|
All Patients
|
Paraplegia
|
Tetraplegia
|
Ambulatory†
|
---|---|---|---|---|
n | 103 | 55 | 48 | 45 |
Gender (M/F) | 75/28 (73/27) | 38/17 (69/31) | 37/11 (77/23) | 33/12 (73/27) |
Traumatic/nontraumatic | 68/35 (66/34) | 32/23 (58/42) | 36/12 (75/25) | 28/17 (62/38) |
ASIA AIS, (A/B/C/D)†† | 23/12/12/56 (22/12/12/54) | 12/6/9/28 (22/11/16/51) | 11/6/3/28 (23/13/6/58) | 1/2/0/42 (2/4/0/93) |
Age, years | 49±17, 53, 69 | 48±18, 52, 68 | 50±17, 53, 60 | 50±16, 54, 66 |
LOS in rehabilitation, days | 96±46, 93, 225 | 85±38, 76, 224 | 110±51, 116, 215 | 76±43, 65, 215 |
LOS in acute care, days | 38±38, 23, 170 | 32±33, 20, 154 | 46±43, 30, 165 | 20±13, 16, 54 |
Values are n(%) or mean±SD, median, range; n= number of patients; ASIA= American Spinal Injury Association; AIS= ASIA Impairment Scale; LOS= Length Of Stay;
The Ambulatory group is composed of a subset of individuals from Paraplegia and Tetraplegia who were able to ambulate by the time of the discharge assessment;
While the AIS is valid for traumatic SCI, it has not been validated in non-traumatic SCI.