Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics
| Characteristics | SCI | Healthy control (n = 13) | P-value SCI vs. Con | P-value spas vs. non-spas | P-value spas vs. non-spas vs. Con | ||
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| Total (n = 23) | SCI-Spastic (n = 12) | SCI-Non-spastic (n = 11) | |||||
| Handedness (right/left) | 23(100)/0 | 12(100)/0 | 11(100)/0 | 13(100)/0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Age (yr) | 34.87±10.93 | 39.83±6.80 | 29.45±6.802 | 33.00±8.71 | 0.626 | 0.058 | |
| Sex (male/female) | 18(78.3)/5(21.7) | 9(75.0)/3(25.0) | 9(81.8)/2(18.2) | 9(69.2)/4(30.8) | 0.548 | 0.890 | |
| ASIA motor score | 50.25±10.46 | 58.00±10.79 | 0.091 | ||||
| ASIA light-touch score | 60.42±16.54 | 70.73±11.05 | 0.096 | ||||
| ASIA pinprick score | 46.92±22.85 | 65.36±20.01 | 0.091 | ||||
| Etiology | |||||||
| Vehicle accident | 6(26.1) | 3(25.0) | 3(27.3) | ||||
| Fall | 9(39.1) | 5(41.7) | 4(36.4) | ||||
| Crush by weight | 4(17.4) | 3(25.0) | 1(9.1) | ||||
| Sport injury | 1(4.3) | 0 | 1(9.1) | ||||
| Others | 3(13.0) | 1(8.3) | 2(18.2) | ||||
| Injured level | 0.069 | ||||||
| C | 7(30.4) | 6(50.0) | 1(9.1) | ||||
| T | 15(65.2) | 6(50.0) | 9(81.8) | ||||
| L | 1(4.3) | 0 | 1(9.1) | ||||
| ASIA | 0.922 | ||||||
| A | 10(43.5) | 6(50.0) | 4(36.4) | ||||
| B | 3(13.0) | 1(8.3) | 2(18.2) | ||||
| C | 8(34.8) | 4(33.3) | 4(36.4) | ||||
| D | 2(8.7) | 1(8.3) | 1(9.1) | ||||
| Duration of injury (mon) | 6.25±3.98 | 11.91±16.77 | 0.525 | ||||
Data are expressed as number (percentage) or mean ± SD as appropriate. ASIA: American Spinal Injury Association; Con: healthy controls; SCI: spinal cord injury; spas: spasticity.