Table 3.

Mean values of scores on clinical tests, before and after T13–L3 spinal lesions, evaluated over a 26 week period

Subjective measure	Control	Postlesion	U	p
Ashworth scale
Ankle flexion (ipsilateral)	1.3	2.1	364	<0.05
Ankle flexion (contralateral)	1.0	0.9	509	–
Knee flexion (ipsilateral)	1.2	2.0	386	<0.05
Knee flexion (contralateral)	0.9	0.7	437	–
Hip flexion (ipsilateral)	0.7	0.9	421	–
Hip flexion (contralateral)	0.9	0.6	353	–
Extensor tone
Tonic extension (ipsilateral)	2.9	3.5	437	–
Tonic extension (contralateral)	3.2	2.7	446	–
Hindlimb flexion (ipsilateral)	2.1	3.4	294	<0.001
Hindlimb flexion (contralateral)	2.3	1.6	420	<0.05
Babinski sign
Tonic Babinski (ipsilateral)	0.6	0.8	392	–
Tonic Babinski (contralateral)	0.7	0.2	304	<0.001
Evoked Babinski (ipsilateral)	0.0	0.2	384	<0.05
Evoked Babinski (contralateral)	0.0	0.0	444	–
Positive support test
Positive support response  (ipsilateral)	1.5	2.4	238	<0.001
Positive support response  (contralateral)	1.7	1.6	524	–

Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann–Whitney test.