Abbreviations

2MWT 2-minute walk test
6MWT 6-minute walk test
10MWT 10 meter walk test
AE adverse event
ABC scale activities-specific balance confidence scale
ABLE Activity-based Balance Level
ABT activity-based therapy
AIH acute intermittent hypoxia
AIS ASIA Impairment Scale
ASIA American Spinal Injury Association
Balance CAT Balance Computerized Adaptive Test
BBS Berg Balance Scale
BSI brain-spine interface
BWS body-weight support
BWSTT body-weight supported treadmill training
BWSLT body-weight supported locomotor training
CB&M Community Balance and Mobility Scale
CI confidence interval
CoP center of pressure
CPT conventional physical therapy
DGI Dynamic Gait Index
EAW exoskeleton-assisted walking
EMG electromyography
EMG-ES electromyography triggered electrical stimulation
FAC Functional Ambulation Category
FES functional electrical stimulation
FES-I Falls Efficacy Scale – International
FIM Functional Independence Measure
FIST function in sitting test
FRT functional reach test
FTSTS Five Times Sit to Stand Test
iSCI incomplete spinal cord injury
ISNCSCI ASIA International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
HR heart rate
IH intermittent hypoxia
KAFOs knee ankle foot orthoses
LEMS lower extremity motor score
LOS limit of stability
MCID minimal clinically important difference
MD mean difference
MDC minimal detectable change
mFRT modified functional reach test
Mini-BESTest Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test
MST Motor Skill Training
MVC maximum voluntary contraction
NIBS non-invasive brain stimulation
Nx normoxia
PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database
RAGT robotic-assisted gait training
RAR robot-assisted rehabilitation
RCT randomized controlled trial
RoBUST robotic upright stand trainer
RPE rate of perceived exertion
rTMS repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
scES spinal cord epidural stimulation
SCI spinal cord injury
SCI-FAP Spinal Cord Injury – Functional Ambulation Profile
SCI-FCS Spinal Cord Injury – Falls Concern Scale
SCIM Spinal Cord Independence Measure
SMD standardized mean difference
tDCS transcranial direct current stimulation
TUG (test) Timed Up and Go Test
TSCS transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation
TSR task-specific rehabilitation
tvDCS transvertebral direct current stimulation
UTT underwater treadmill training
VFBT visual feedback balance training
VR virtual reality
WISCI walking index for spinal cord injury
WPHF-FES wide pulse/high frequency FES
WBV whole-body vibration