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. 2020 May 13;123(6):2343–2354. doi: 10.1152/jn.00123.2020

Table 1.

Summary of participant information

iSCI1 iSCI2 iSCI3 iSCI4 iSCI5 iSCI6 iSCI7 iSCI8 iSCI9 iSCI10 iSCI11 iSCI12 iSCI13 Mean (SD)
Sex F M F F F F F F F M F M F
Age, yr 32 60 43 57 59 55 38 54 56 88 38 51 53 52.6 (12.9)
Weight, kg 49.9 109.2 47.3 102 62.3 47.5 55.6 83.3 73.7 77.2 79.9 81.9 68.9 72.2 (19.7)
Level of injury C4 C5 T6 C2 C1 C5 T4 C4 L5 C6 T11 C3 C4
Time since injury, yr 1 3.2 3.9 2.9 1.1 9.1 1.3 13.4 1.2 5.3 6.8 7.9 38.6 7.4 (10.1)
CB&M (/96) 89 70 78 29 3 26 N/A 27 33 20 63 52 33 40.2 (27.9)
LE strength (/120)* 92 115 102.5 88 81.5 94 74.5 78.5 72.5 81.5 91 97 76 88.0 (12.3)
Gait speed without aid, m/s 1.29 1.28 1.05 0.79 0.43 0.88 0.75 0.91 0.94 0.83 1.03 1.29 0.95 0.954 (0.244)
Usual walking aid None None None Cane 4WW Cane 4WW Cane None None None Poles/4WW Poles
Mini-BESTest score (/28) 25 25 24 17 4 20 5 14 17 12 26 15 18 17.1 (7.2)
Fall history 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
AB1 AB2 AB3 AB4 AB5 AB6 AB7 AB8 AB9 AB10 AB11 AB12 AB13 Mean (SD)
Sex F F F M F F M F F F F M F
Age, yr 54 57 47 67 59 53 57 84 62 56 55 51 40 57.1 (10.5)
Weight, kg 61.9 42.3 55.5 57.4 49.6 45 75.4 43.9 55.7 44.7 45.3 69.9 53.6 53.9 (10.4)

AB, healthy group; C, cervical; CB&M, Community Balance and Mobility Scale; iSCI, incomplete spinal cord injury group; L, lumbar; LE, lower extremity; mini-BESTest, mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test; T, thoracic; 4WW, 4-wheeled walker.

*

LE strength measured with manual muscle testing of 12 muscles per LE. Maximum score per muscle is 5, resulting in a total score of 120 for 2 LE.

Retrospective falls in the previous 3 mo.