Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of the study participants

Participants	Age	Gender	ASIA Impairment Scale	NLI	Years Since Injury	Finger Flexor Motor gradea	Finger Flexor Spasticity (MAS)
1	43	Female	ASIA D	C4	17 years	1	1
2	36	Male	ASIA A	C5	14 years	1	0
3	65	Male	ASIA A	C4	28 years	0	0
4	52	Male	ASIA A	C7	26 years	2	0
5	51	Male	ASIA A	C6	15 years	2	1
6	63	Male	ASIA C	C6	5 years	3	1+
7	56	Male	ASIA C	C5	28 years	1	1
8	31	Male	ASIA B	C6	5 years	2	0
9	51	Male	ASIA B	C6	17 years	1	1
10	53	Male	ASIA C	C7	23 years	0	0

ASIA American Spinal Injury Association, NLI Neurological Level of Injury, MAS Modified Ashworth scale

^aThe motor grade was evaluated using manual muscle testing developed by the Medical Research Council [31]