Device-Training for Individuals with Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Cord Injury Using a Powered Exoskeleton for Technically Assisted Mobility: Achievements and User Satisfaction

Figure 4

Quality of life: changes from before to after exoskeleton device-training. Presented are group () mean change scores (posttest − pretest) (rhomb) and 95 confidence intervals (CI) (whiskers) for each of the 8 domains of the SF-12v2 (for explanation of abbreviations, see legend of Figure 3). The SF-12v2 change scores presented had been score standardized. When both mean and CI are <0, a significant deterioration of QoL in that domain is documented, and there is a significant improvement of QoL when both mean and CI are >0. When the CI includes 0, the groups’ QoL did not significantly change after training. Note, for role physical (RP), a significant improvement from before to after test was documented. None of the other domains or summary measures indicated a significant change.