Table 7. McGill score.

	P1		P2		P3		P4		P5		P6		P7		P8
Months of training	0	28	0	28	0	28	0	28	0	28	0	28	0	12	0	28
Throbbing	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0
Shooting	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Stabbing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Sharp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cramping	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gnawing	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hot-burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
Aching	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Heavy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tender	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Splitting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tiring-exhausting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sickening	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Fearful	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punishing-cruel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sum	2	1	1	1	2	5	3	5	1	0	2	2	3	4	14	5
Sum neuropathic	2	1	1	1	1	5	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	3	1

Detail for the McGill score considering the descriptors for two evaluations, at the onset (0) and at the end of the training (after 12 months for P7 and after 28 months for the other patients). Cases where the descriptors of the pain are below the lesion are considered as neuropathic pain and underlined, those above the lesion (as postural pain, headache, etc.) are not considered to be due to the spinal lesion and therefore not considered for the current analysis.