Table 7.

Recovery of Upper Extremity Motor Score in Complete Tetraplegia

Authors/year	Timing of initial exam	Timing of follow-up exam	Sample size (N)	Mean motor point change
36Waters et al. 1993	30 d	1 y	39*/6	8.6 ± 4.7*/9.7 ± 7.3 (UEMS)
81Katoh and el Masry 1994	48 h	>1 y (mean 43.2 m)	40	9.2 ± 5.5 (UEMS)
8Marino et al. 1999a	≤7 d	1 y	NR	9.6 ± 12.7 (total motor score)
57Coleman et al. 2004b	≤72 h	26 w	317	9.6 (total motor score)
78Fisher et al. 2005	NR	37.8 ± 19.8 m	30	8.2 (UEMS)
56Fawcett et al. 2007
Sygenb	≤72 h	1 y	264	12.3 ± 13.7 (total motor score)
EMSCIc	≤4 w	1 y	NR	14 (total motor score)
60Curt et al. 2008c	40 days	48 w	91	11.5 (total motor score)
40Steeves et al. 2011 (C5-C7 only)
Sygenb	≤72 h	1 y	187	9.6 ± 4.3 (UEMS)
EMSCIc	≤7 d	50 w	51	11.4 ± 0.97 (UEMS)
39Marino et al. 2011a	≤7 d	1 y	315	8.8 ± 8.4 (UEMS)
51Evaniew et al. 2020d	≤48 h (mean 11.8 h)	Mean 208 ± 75.2 d	75	13.0 ± 14.1 (total motor score)

UEMS, upper extremity motor score; NR, not reported.

^aSpinal Cord Injury Model Systems database.

^bSygen database.

^cEuropean Multicenter Study about Spinal Cord Injury database.

^dRick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry database.

^*Score represents UEMS change of persons who remained neurologically complete at one year versus the next score, which was the UEMS change for the six subjects who converted to incomplete status.