Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1218-1222 , September 2006

Muscle Force and Gait Performance: Relationships After Spinal Cord Injury

  • Markus Wirz, PT

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • European Multicenter Study of Human Spinal Cord Injury
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Markus Wirz, PT, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Hubertus J. van Hedel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • European Multicenter Study of Human Spinal Cord Injury
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  • Ruediger Rupp, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic University Hospital II, Heidelberg, Germany
    • European Multicenter Study of Human Spinal Cord Injury
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  • Armin Curt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • European Multicenter Study of Human Spinal Cord Injury
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  • Volker Dietz, MD, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • European Multicenter Study of Human Spinal Cord Injury

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    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 a

    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.

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    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<.

    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.

 Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no. 320030-105324) and the International Institute for Paraplegia (grant no. P66).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00518-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.024

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1218-1222 , September 2006

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