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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Mixed methods usability evaluation of an assistive wearable robotic hand orthosis for people with spinal cord injury

Participant characteristics

Reasons for discontinuation

Participant ID

Motor level R/L

Type of spinal cord injury

Time since injury (months)

AIS

GRASSP R/L (score 0–116)

Dominant/tested hand

Gender

Age (years)

Proximal arm function insufficient

Appropriate size of RHO not available

Extension force by RHO insufficient

Fear of losing tenodesis grasp

Participant lost interest

Participant not available anymore

P1

C5/C5

Incomplete

4

C

15/11

R/R

M

65

X

X

  

X

 

P2

C5/C5

Incomplete

1

D

0/5

R/R

M

36

X

     

P3

C4/C5

Incomplete

5

D

29/69

R/R

M

37

X

 

X

   

P4

C3/C2

Incomplete

8

C

16/28

R/R

M

30

 

X

   

X

P5

C5/C2

Incomplete

6

C

7/2

R/R

M

81

 

X

  

X

 

P6

C7/C6

Incomplete

85

C

39/39

L/R

F

38

  

X

X

  

P7

C3/C3

Incomplete

4

C

13/12

R/R

M

28

    

X

 

P8

C3/C5

Incomplete

12

C

44/21

R/R

M

51

X

     

P9

N.D./C7

Incomplete

9

N.D.

5/41

R/L

M

43

     

X

P10

C7/C7

Incomplete

348

C

N.A.

R/L

M

58

    

X

 

P11*

C6/C6

Complete

57

A

N.A.

R/R

M

30

Continued

P12*

C6/C6

Complete

6

A

16/21

L/R

M

29

Continued

P13*

C8/C8

Incomplete

8

D

64/63

R/R

M

51

Continued

P14*

N.D./N.D.

Other\(^{\bullet }\)

78

C

20/42

L/R

M

81

Continued

P15*

C7/C7

Complete

82

A

46/44

R/R

M

37

Continued

 

Total

4

3

2

1

4

2

  1. *Group B: participated in both sessions, \(^{\bullet }\)Other: Tetraparesis, N.A.: not available, N.D.: not defined