Sitting Tai Chi Improves the Balance Control and Muscle Strength of Community-Dwelling Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the participants.

	Control group ()	Sitting Tai Chi group ()	value
Age, years	46.2 ± 11.8	49.1 ± 10.3	0.761
Gender (male/female),	7/1	4/7	0.062
Sitting height, cm	83.7 ± 5.5	75.5 ± 11.1	0.122
Weight, kg	65.4 ± 14.6	60.4 ± 24.3	0.064
Injury level (high/low),	5/3	7/4	0.968
C6-T1	3	6
T2-T7	2	1
T8-L1	1	4
ASIA			0.236
B	6	5
C	0	3
D	2	3
Time since injury, years	17.3 ± 7.8	14.7 ± 13.7	0.258

Note. Values are mean ± SD or values.
ASIA: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale.