Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers (tissue bridges) with neurological recovery following traumatic spinal cord injury

Table 5 Distribution of subjects according to neurological parameters on clinical examination

Variables		1 month		3 months		6 months		P value1
		No. of cases	Percentage (%)	No. of cases	Percentage (%)	No. of cases	Percentage (%)
ASIA score	A	10	21.3	2	4.3	2	4.3	0.548
	B	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	10	21.3	12	25.5	9	19.1
	D	22	46.8	28	59.6	21	44.7
	E	5	10.6	5	10.6	15	31.9
Voluntary anal contraction	0	14	29.8	17	36.2	14	29.8	0.857
	1	22	46.8	22	46.8	22	46.8
	2	11	23.4	8	17.0	11	23.4
Temperature		8	17.0	4	8.5	0	0.0	0.345
Deep anal pressure		12	25.5	4	8.5	0	0.0	0.548
Superficial reflexes	Abdominal reflex (absent)	18	40	4	8.0	4	8.0	< 0.001
	Babinski reflex (absent)	47	100	47	100	47	100	-
	Patellar (absent)	18	40.0	8	16.0	6	12.0	< 0.05
	Ankle (absent)	18	40.0	8	16.0	4	8.0	< 0.01
	Clonus (absent)	47	100	47	100	47	100	-

¹Cochran’s Q test.

n = 47 at all-time points for all variables.