Table 1.

Change in American Spinal Injury Association scales of patients (overall) from admission to discharge at the end of each treatment period

	End of the treatment
	ASIA scale
Baseline characteristics	A; no. (%)	B; no. (%)	C; no. (%)	D; no. (%)	E; no. (%)	p value
T1 (n = 226)						0.02
A (n = 153)	73 (47.7)	23 (15)	57 (37.3)	–	–
B (n = 32)	–	18 (56.3)	13 (40.6)	1 (3.1)	–
C (n = 36)	–	–	31 (86.1)	5 (13.9)	–
D (n = 5)	–	–	–	2 (40.0)	3 (60.0)
T2 (n = 58)						0.01
A (n = 32)	20 (62.5)	12 (37.5)	–	–	–
B (n = 9)	–	7 (77.8)	2 (22.2)	–	–
C (n = 17)	–	–	17 (100)	–	–
T3 (n = 19)						0.02
A (n = 8)	5 (62.5)	3 (37.5)	–	–	–
B (n = 4)	–	4 (100)	–	–	–
C (n = 7)	–	–	6 (85.7)	1 (14.3)	–

ASIA, American Spinal Injury Association.