Abbreviations
| 15(OH)D | 25-hydroxy vitamin D |
| aBMD | areal bone mineral density |
| AIS | American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale |
| ALP | alkaline phosphatase |
| BALP | bone-specific alkaline phosphatase |
| BMC | bone mineral content |
| BMD | bone mineral density |
| BMI | body mass index |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CINP | C-terminal propeptide of type I collagen |
| CT | computed tomography |
| CTX | Type I collagen C-telopeptide |
| CV | coefficient of variation |
| DPA | dual-energy photon absorptiometry |
| DPD | deoxypyridinoline |
| DXA | dual-energy-X-ray absorptiometry |
| FES | functional electrical stimulation |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| HR-pQCT | High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography |
| IFCC-IOF | International Osteoporosis Foundation and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine |
| ISCD | International Society for Clinical Densitometry |
| LSC | least significant change |
| MCID | minimal clinically important difference |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| NBHA | National Bone Health Alliance |
| NMES | neuromuscular electrical stimulation |
| NTX | N-telopeptide |
| OC | osteocalcin |
| OR | odds ratio |
| P1NP | procollagen Type I N propeptide obtained from serum |
| pQCT | peripheral quantitative computed tomography |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| SCI | Spinal Cord Injury |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SLOP | sublesional osteoporosis |
| TPI | time post-injury |
| TNF | tumour necreosis factor α |
| vBMD | volumetric bone mineral density |
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