Muscle Force and Gait Performance: Relationships After Spinal Cord Injury Markus Wirz, PT, Hubertus J. van Hedel, PhD, Ruediger Rupp, MSc, Armin Curt, MD, Volker Dietz, MD, FRCP Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 87, Issue 9, Pages 1218-1222 (September 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.024 Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Relative improvements of LEMS, WISCI, and gait speed (difference between measurement at 6 months and at 1 month divided by the respective normative value). (A) Motor incomplete patients who were not able to stand or walk 1 month after SCI; and (B) patients who were motor incomplete and able to stand or walk 1 month after SCI. *P<.05; †P<.01; ‡P<.001. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006 87, 1218-1222DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.024) Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Comparison of LEMS, WISCI, and gait speed between patients with tetraplegia (Tetra) and paraplegia (Para) who achieved (A) limited and (B) unrestricted walking function 6 months after the injury. *P<.05; †P<.01. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006 87, 1218-1222DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.024) Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions