Abbreviations

2-MWT 2-Minute Walk Test
6MWT 6 Minute Walk Test
10MWT 10 Meter Walk Test
ABC Activity-specific Balance Confidence Scale
ABT Activity-based therapy
AE Adverse event
AIH Acute intermittent hypoxia
AIS American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale
AFO ankle foot orthosis
ASIA American Spinal Injury Association
AT Aquatic therapy
BBS Berg Balance Scale
BSI Brain-spine interface
BWS Body weight support
BWSOGT body-weight supported overground training
BWSTT body weight supported treadmill training
CENTRAL Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
CI Confidence interval
COP Center of pressure
CSA Cross-sectional area
DC Down-conditioning
EAW Exoskeleton-assisted walking
EMG Electromyography
ES electrical stimulation
ES-LCE Electrical-stimulation-induced leg cycle ergometer
ESCS Epidural spinal cord stimulation
FAC Functional ambulation category
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FES functional electrical stimulation
FES-I Falls Efficacy Scale-International
FES-LCE functional electrical stimulation-induced leg cycling exercise
FIM Functional Independence Measure
FIM-L Functional Independence Measure – Locomotor
FiO2 Fraction of inspired oxygen
FTSTS test Five Times Sit to Stand test
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
HAL Hybrid assistive limb
HKAFO hip knee ankle foot orthosis
HR heart rate
HRR heart rate reserve
IH Intermittent hypoxia
ISNCSCI International Standards for Neurological Classification of SCI
iTBS intermittent theta burst stimulation
MCID Minimally clinically important difference
KAFO knee ankle foot orthosis
LEMS Lower extremity motor score
LH Lateral hypothalamus
LION Laparoscopic implantation of neuroprosthesis
LT Locomotor training
LT-RGO Locomotor training with a robot-assisted gait orthosis
MD Mean difference
MMT Manual muscle testing
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MST Motor skill training
MVC Maximum voluntary contraction
NMES neuromuscular electrical stimulation
NRN NeuroRecovery Network
Nx Normoxia
OGT Overground gait training
OWT Overground walking training
PAS Navigated TMS and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
PCMS Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation
PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database
RAGT Robotic-assisted gait training
RCT Randomized control trial
RM Repetition maximum
ROM Range of motion
RPE Rate of perceived exertion
rpm Revolutions per minute
RT Resistance training
rTMS Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
SCI-FAP SCI-Functional Ambulation Profile
SCIM Spinal Cord Independence Measure
SD Standard deviation
SMD Standardized mean difference
tDCS transcranial direct current stimulation
TENS Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
TMS Transcranial magnetic stimulation
tSCS Transcutaneous spinal current stimulation
tsDCS Transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation
TUG Timed Up and Go Test
tvDCS transvertebral direct current stimulation
UEMS upper extremity motor score
UTT Underwater treadmill training
vBFB visual biofeedback task-specific balance training
VO2 oxygen uptake
VR Virtual reality
WBV Whole-body vibration
WISCI Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury
WPE Wearable powered exoskeleton