BioMed Research International

Research Article

Trunk and Shoulder Kinematic and Kinetic and Electromyographic Adaptations to Slope Increase during Motorized Treadmill Propulsion among Manual Wheelchair Users with a Spinal Cord Injury

Table 1

Description of participants.


Participants	Gender	Age years	Height m	Mass kg	Time since injury years	ASIA^*				WUSPI^*
Participants	Gender	Age years	Height m	Mass kg	Time since injury years	Neuro-logical level	AIS^*	Sensory/224	Motor/100	Mean/10	Propulsion 10 min/10	Slope/10

1	M	44.3	1.84	80.3	10.6	T7	A	117	50	0.19	0.0	0.0
2	M	46.4	1.70	80.2	4.6	T10	B	140	50	0.68	0.1	0.5
3	M	32.2	1.92	95.9	5.3	T10	A	140	50	0.00	0.0	0.0
4	M	35.8	1.80	77.1	11.8	T6	D	194	81	1.25	1.9	2.2
5	M	33.2	1.95	72.3	7.8	T12	C	162	56	0.19	0.0	0.0
6	M	52.6	1.77	108.9	18.7	T9	A	132	50	1.14	2.4	3.4
7	M	59.9	1.88	99.8	5.0	T10	A	140	50	0.34	0.4	2.2
8	M	44.0	1.72	68.4	22.1	T4	B	183	35	0.07	0.9	0.0
9	M	41.2	1.78	72.7	6.1	C7	C	56	44	1.23	2.7	2.7
10	M	28.4	1.85	66.6	10.6	T12	A	154	50	0.63	3.8	1.9
11	M	39.0	1.76	101.8	2.8	T10	A	72	50	3.65	5.5	6.8
12	M	49.1	1.70	76.8	4.4	T7	A	88	52	0.97	1.5	2.4
13	M	55.7	1.80	103.1	4.9	T3	A	88	50	0.31	1.8	1.6
14	M	32.8	1.75	61.9	8.9	T4	A	95	50	0.10	0.4	0.4
15	F	28.1	1.65	47.5	4.8	T11	A	148	50	0.20	2.0	1.0
16	M	33.0	1.65	66.5	5.3	T6	A	53	50	0.10	0.0	0.3
17	M	52.7	1.73	78.2	8.9	T12	B	172	63	3.12	2.6	4.8
18	M	25.8	1.83	59.2	4.9	T7	A	112	50	1.88	4.7	2.6

Mean		40.8	1.78	78.7	8.2			124.8	51.7	0.89	1.7	1.8
SD		10.3	0.09	17.0	5.1			42.3	9.0	1.05	1.7	1.9

Gender: M = male, F = female; AIS = ASIA Impairment Scale: A = no motor or sensory function is preserved below the neurological level, B = sensory function is preserved but motor function is not preserved below the neurological level, C = Motor function is preserved below the neurological level and more than half of key muscle functions below the single neurological level of injury have a muscle grade less than 3/5 and D = Motor Incomplete. Motor function is preserved below the neurological level and at least half of key muscle functions below the neurological levle of injury have a muscle grade > or = 3/5; ASIA = American Spinal Injury Association; WUSPI = Wheelchair User’s Shoulder Pain Index.