Table 3.
Demographic and spinal cord injury characteristics of the total study group.
| Count (N) and percent (%) | Demographic characteristics | SCI characteristics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Height | Weight | Body mass index | Duration of injury | Motor complete | Motor incomplete | |||||
| (AIS A/B) | (AIS C/D) | ||||||||||
| Category | N | % | Years | cm | kg | kg/m2 | Years | n | % | n | % |
| All | 50 | 100 | 38.68 ± 14.15 | 174.14 ± 10.33 | 72.80 ± 13.44 | 23.94 ± 3.65 | 4.69 ± 5.18 | 31 | 62 | 19 | 38 |
| Males | 38 | 76 | 39.87 ± 14.78 | 178.00 ± 8.52 | 76.80 ± 11.67 | 24.24 ± 3.44 | 5.37 ± 5.63 | 26 | 52 | 12 | 24 |
| Females | 12 | 24 | 34.9 ± 11.68 | 161.93 ± 4.07 | 60.14 ± 10.80 | 22.97 ± 4.25 | 2.55 ± 2.46 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| Para | 36 | 72 | 37.44 ± 12.68 | 173.85 ± 10.08 | 72.16 ± 13.40 | 23.83 ± 3.80 | 4.99 ± 5.78 | 27 | 54 | 9 | 18 |
| Tetra | 14 | 28 | 41.86 ± 17.50 | 174.90 ± 11.31 | 74.45 ± 13.93 | 24.22 ± 3.36 | 3.93 ± 3.22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
| Males-Para | 28 | 56 | 39.21 ± 13.31 | 177.53 ± 8.04 | 74.92 ± 12.53 | 23.74 ± 3.58 | 5.77 ± 6.27 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 12 |
| Males-Tetra | 10 | 20 | 41.70 ± 19.01 | 179.32 ± 10.10 | 82.06 ± 6.88 | 25.64 ± 2.72 | 4.25 ± 3.31 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| Female-Para | 8 | 16 | 31.25 ± 8.01 | 160.97 ± 3.83 | 62.48 ± 12.41 | 24.12 ± 4.75 | 2.26 ± 2.16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| Females-Tetra | 4 | 8 | 42.25 ± 15.59 | 163.83 ± 4.40 | 55.45 ± 4.93 | 20.66 ± 1.74 | 3.12 ± 3.28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| DOI > 2 years | 26 | 52 | 38.15 ± 13.39 | 174.97 ± 8.60 | 74.79 ± 12.98 | 24.37 ± 3.67 | 7.85 ± 5.55 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 20 |
| DOI ≤ 2 years | 24 | 48 | 39.25 ± 15.20 | 173.25 ± 12.05 | 70.65 ± 13.87 | 23.47 ± 3.65 | 1.28 ± 0.54 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 18 |
| ReWalk para | 27 | 54 | 35.63 ± 11.07 | 174.32 ± 9.77 | 72.59 ± 13.38 | 23.88 ± 4.04 | 5.73 ± 6.43 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| ReWalk tetra | 1 | 2 | 31 | 188.96 | 84.37 | 23.88 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ekso para | 9 | 18 | 42.89 ± 16.15 | 172.44 ± 11.46 | 70.86 ± 14.16 | 23.67 ± 3.14 | 2.79 ± 2.14 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| Ekso tetra | 13 | 26 | 42.69 ± 17.92 | 173.89 ± 11.10 | 73.69 ± 14.19 | 24.24 ± 3.49 | 3.85 ± 3.33 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
Values represent means and (standard deviations); SCI, spinal cord injury; AIS, American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale; cm, centimeters; kg, kilograms; m, meters; G1, Group 1; G2, Group 2; Para, paraplegia; and Tetra, tetraplegia; EAW, exoskeletal-assisted walking; UA, usual activities; DOI, duration of SCI; ReWalk or Ekso user for the study as indicated.