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Table 2 Participant and study characteristics

From: Upper limb kinematics after cervical spinal cord injury: a review

Authors

Study

SCI level

Patient number

Mean age (years)

Mean delay since injury (months)

Tasks

Kinematic device

EMG recording

Table height

Velocity

(range or SD)

(range or SD)

Acosta et al.

CC

C5

2

48 (SD 2.6)

NA

Overheadi

Optotrak™

No

No table

Comfortable

C6

3

Cacho et al.

CC

C6

11

30.5 (SD 6.5)

70.9 (SD 44.0)

Grasping1

Qualisys™

No

Elbow

Comfortable

C7

9

Gronley et al.

SC

C6

15

33 (22 to 44)

108 (36 to 252)

Overheadii

VICON™

Inv

No table

Comfortable

Hoffmann et al.

SC

C6

9

28.7 (24 to 34)

30.5 (7 to 120)

Grasping1

Fastrak™

No

Elbow

Comfortable

C7

2

Hoffmann et al.

CC

C6

8

30.4 (24 to 43)

25.4 (5 to 56)

Reachinga

Fastrak™

No

Elbow

Comfortable

C7

7

28.8 (24 to 36)

70.2 (7 to 262)

Jacquier-Bret et al.

CC

C6

5

39.6 (SD 9.7)

NA

Grasping2

Flocks of Birds™

Surf

Elbow

Comfortable

Koshland et al.

CC

C6

5

NA (25 to 37)

NA (132 to 216)

Reachingb

Videotape recording

Surf

Elbow

Quick

Laffont et al.

SC

C6

4

29 (26 to 34)

10 (5 to 19)

Reachingc,d

Fastrak™

No

Elbow

Comfortable

Grasping1

Maksimovic et al.

CC

C4

2

33.1 (3 to 60)

68.7 (12 to 144)

Overheadiii

Goniometer

No

No table

Comfortable

C5

2

C6

5

C7

7

Mateo et al.

CC

C6

4

27.5 (SD 8.3)

68 (6 to 216)

Reachingc

VICON™

No

Elbow

Comfortable

Grasping3,4

Nunome et al.

CC

C7

5

32.6 (SD 2.4)

NA (108 to 252)

Basketball throw

Videotape recording

No

No table

Comfortable

C8

1

Popovic et Popovic

CC

C6

6

NA

NA

Reachingd

Goniometer

No

Shoulder

Comfortable

Robinson, Barton et al.

CC

C5

2

42.8 (SD 12.1)

183.3 (SD 126.9)

Reachinge

Qualisys™

No

No table

Comfortable

C6

8

C7

1

Robinson, Hayes et al.

CC

C6

5

39 (SD 9)

211.2 (SD 60.4)

Reachingf

Qualisys™

No

Elbow

Quick

Reft et hasan

CC

C7

1

25.8 (23 to 35)

NA (36 to 92 )

Reachingg

Selspot™

No

No table

Quick

T1 and T2

2

T4

2

Remy-Neris et al.

CC

C6

5

27.0 (SD 6.0)

Chronic SCI

Overheadiv

VICON™

No

No table

Comfortable

Reyes-Guzman et al.

CC

C6

8

33.6 (SD 13.0)

8.5 (SD 2.2)

Grasping5

Codamotion™

No

Elbow

Comfortable

C7

8

28.8 (SD 9.8)

7.5 (SD 1.9)

Wierzbicka et al.

CC

C5

7

40 (21 to 64)

149.3 (3.6 to 432)

Elbow flexion

Homemade

Surf

Shoulder

Quick

  1. Reaching: awith a pointer fixed at dorsum of the hand; bwith arm rolling on table and wrist splinted; ctarget on the table; dobject non specified; etargets at 5 locations of reachable space; fhand rolling over table with frictionless system; g2 targets set at ipsilateral shoulder level.
  2. Grasping: 1a cone; 2a low mass cubic object; 3apple; 4vertical floppy disk; 5a glass.
  3. Overhead movements: iShoulder flexion, abduction in frontal plane and in scapula plane with elbow extended; iiShoulder flexion and abduction and 4 ADL (consisting in drinking from an empty cup, flipping a lightswitch, hair combing, and reaching for the perineum.); iiiShoulder flexion and abduction; ivShoulder flexion with elbow extended or hand to nape of the neck.
  4. Abbreviations: SCI Spinal cord injury, NA not available, SC series case, CC control case, ADL activity of daily life, Inv invasive, Surf surface.