Clinical Study

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

Table 1

Patient characteristics ().

Sex, female/male, 2/5
Age, mean (SD) [min.–max.]48.3 (10.2) 33–58
Duration of SCI in years, mean (SD) [min.–max.]11.4 (10.1) 2–29
ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) ()A (), C ()
ISNCSCI single neurological level ()T5 (), T10 (), T11 (), T12 (), L1 ()
ISNCSCI motor, upper limb (max. 50), mean (SD)50 (0)
ISNCSCI motor, lower limb (max. 50), mean (SD)3 ()
ISNCSCI, sensory (max. 112), mean (SD)68 ()
REPAS leg (max. 40), mean (SD)4 ()
SCIM (max. 100), mean (SD)72 ()
Height, mean (SD) [min.–max.]176 () 168–188
Body weight, mean (SD) [min.–max.]72.6 (11.4) 56–88

ASIA, American Spinal Injury Association; AIS, American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale; ISNCSCI, International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury; REPAS, Resistance to Passive Movement Scale; SCIM, Spinal Cord Independence Measure [20].