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Table 1 Background characteristics of the participants

From: Associations between upper extremity functioning and kinematics in people with spinal cord injury

Characteristics, n = 25

Mean (SD); median (Q1–Q3) or n (%)

Age

58.4 (13.8); 55 (49.5–71)

Sex

 Male

18 (72%)

 Female

7 (28%)

BMI

24.8 (4.5); 23.6 (21.6–27.2)

Years since SCI

17.5 (15.4); 9 (5.5–33)

Aetiology of lesion

 Traumatic

20 (80%)

 Non-traumatic

5 (20%)

Level of SCI

 Cervical

17 (68%)

 Thoracic

8 (32%)

Motor completeness of SCI

 AIS A

10 (40%)

 AIS B

4 (16%)

 AIS C

3 (12%)

 AIS D

8 (32%)

Severity of SCI

 C1–C4 A, B, C

5 (20%)

 C5–C8 A, B, C

5 (20%)

 T1-S A, B, C

7 (28%)

 AIS D

8 (32%)

Hand surgery

8 (32%)

Impaired sensation (tested hand)

18 (72%)

Impaired proprioception (tested hand)

8 (33%)

More-affected arm as dominant

6 (24%)

SCIM III self-care (0–20)

15.1 (5.3); 18 (10.5–19.5)

Action Research Arm Test (0–57)

46.3 (12.9); 52 (37.5–57)

Sollerman Hand Function Test (0–80)

63.0 (20.1); 74 (56–77)

ISCI-Hand (1–5)

 No function (1)

0

 Passive tenodesis (2)

2 (8%)

 Active tenodesis (3)

3 (12%)

 Active extrinsic (4)

4 (16%)

 Active extrinsic—intrinsic (5)

16 (64%)

  1. BMI, Body Mass Index; SCI, Spinal Cord Injury; AIS, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS A, B, C, D); C, Cervical; T, Thoracic; S, Sacral; SCIM, Spinal Cord Independence Measure; ISCI-Hand, basic Hand—upper extremity function according to the International Spinal Cord Injury Upper Extremity Basic Data Set