The clinical and functional assessment of back muscles in human spinal cord injury (SCI) has received little attention. The aim of this study was to develop a method to assess the level of a thoracic spinal cord lesion based on the reflex activation of back muscles.
Department of Movement and Balance, Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP, UK. n.davey@imperial.ac.uk