Table 1.

Demographics and baseline characteristics (C: cervical; T: thoracic)

	Impairment- based first (n=8)	Task-specific first (n=8)
Clinical characteristics
Age (years)	51±17	46±13
gender (male/female)	6/2	4/4
race (white/other)	5/3	7/1
BMI (kg/m2)	29±5.9	31±7.6
duration post-iSCI (years)	3.9±1.8	4.3±4.3
lesion level: C1-C4	4	2
C5-C8	2	2
T1-T10	2	4
Clinical characteristics
Lower Extremity Motor Score	45±3.3	39±10
ankle foot orthosis (yes/no)	1/7	4/4
assistive devices (yes/no)	7/1	7/1
baseline SSS (m/s)	0.54±0.21	0.45±0.31
baseline FS (m/s)	0.71±0.25	0.55±0.36
baseline 6MWT (m)	194±81	164±134
baseline treadmill speed (m/s)	0.91±0.36	0.61±0.47
Medication use
anti-spastics (yes/no)	6/2	5/3
anti-depressants (yes/no)	1/7	2/6
anti-hypertensives (yes/no)	1/7	2/6