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Table 1 FES + VFBT participant demographics

From: Perspectives of individuals with chronic spinal cord injury following novel balance training involving functional electrical stimulation with visual feedback: a qualitative exploratory study

Participant pseudonym

Age category

Mechanism of injury

Level of injury

Time post-injury (months)

BBS (/56)

*AP-COP RMS (mm)

*ML-COP RMS (mm)

Charlie

65–69

NT

Thoracic

97–108

27

12.32 (2.04)

9.28 (1.45)

Sharon

65–69

NT

Cervical

49–60

31

NA

NA

Ruth

60–64

T

Cervical

13–24

42

5.90 (0.415)

10.48 (1.04)

Carol

60–64

NT

Cervical

25–36

48

7.57 (0.875)

8.79 (5.14)

Suzanne

55–59

NT

Thoracic

25–36

30

5.72 (1.10)

4.54 (0.825)

  1. NT Non-Traumatic, T Traumatic, BBS Berg Balance Scale, COP centre-of-pressure, RMS root mean square, AP anterior–posterior, ML medial–lateral, NA not assessed due to fatigue
  2. *COP data were collected during two 60 s trials of quiet standing with eyes open; values are reported as mean (SD). BBS scores and COP data collected at the post-training assessment