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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2017 Feb 3;55:11–17. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.01.036

Table 3.

Subject characteristics: mean ± standard deviation.

Acute (N=39) Chronic (N=61)


BMI < 25 (N=24) BMI≥25 (N=15) BMI < 25 (N=28 ) BMI≥25 (N=33)
Sex (female/male) 4/20 3/12 7/21 8/25
Age (years) 38.0 ± 16.7 42.8 ± 13.9 39.5 ± 13.3 45.8 ± 13.9
Years Since Injury (years) 1.1 ± 0.8 0.9 ± 0.5 13.9 ± 13.7 15.6 ± 12.5
Height (cm) 175.9 ± 9.4 171.2 ± 12.4 175.2 ± 12.8 174.0 ± 11.2
Mass (kg) 67.5 ± 11.5 90.2 ± 17.2 66.9 ± 15.7 93.0 ± 17.9
BMI (kg/m2) 21.7 ± 2.4 30.9 ± 5.7 21.2 ± 2.7 30.9 ± 4.7
Motor Complete 12 4 20 22
Wheelchair User 17 12 27 21
Tetraplegia 18 12 15 19

The acute and chronic groups did not differ in terms of age (p = 0.309) or height (p = 0.832).