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Published in final edited form as: Spinal Cord. 2016 Oct 18;55(2):172–179. doi: 10.1038/sc.2016.129

Table 3.

Clinical outcome measures at admission and discharge from inpatient SCI rehabilitation

Variable	Admission^†	Discharge^††	95% CI
Paraplegia

Grip strength, (kg)	34.8±13.5	35.3±13.5	−2.3, 1.3
SCIM III- Total	50.7±17.0	66.6±17.1	−19.2, −12.6
Tetraplegia

Grip strength, (kg)	6.4±10.6	9.7±10.9	−5.4, −1.3
GRASSP	64.0±35.9	77.7±34.9	−19.2, −8.3
SCIM III- Total	32.7±23.8	52.3±27.8	−24.6, −14.6
Ambulatory Patients

10MWT- comfortable, (m/s)	0.30±0.40	0.76±0.37	−0.6, −0.4
WISCI II	6.4±7.9	15.5±5.3	−11.5, −6.7
SCIM III- Total	57.0±21.0	78.6±12.8	−26.8, −16.5

^†

Second week after admission;

^††

Second week before discharge; All values are means±SD; CI= confidence interval; 10MWT= 10 Meter Walk Test; WISCI II= Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury II; SCIM III= Spinal Cord Independence Measure III.