Table 2.

Dependency degrees in correlation with the severity of the injury.

Neurological Level of Injury	Transfers	Manual Wheelchair(W/C) Skills	Ambulation
C1-C4	100% assistance from another person	W/C propelled by another person	No functional ambulation
C5
C6	80–100% assistance from another person	W/C propelled by another person outdoors, some are independent indoors
C7-C8	Independent in some cases	Independent indoors, sometimes outdoors, some need assistance with unlevel terrain
T1-T9	Independent	Independent indoors and outdoors on the level and unloved terrain	Functional ambulation is not typical
T10-L1			Patients may be able to walk using KAFOs
L2-S5			Patients may be able to walk using KAFOs, or AFOs and forearm crutches or cane(s)

C, cervical; T, thoracal; L, lumbar; KAFOs, Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis; AFOs, Ankle-Foot Orthosis.