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Table 1. Included studies in the nerve transfer surgery in cervical spinal cord injury review
Cervical
Author, year N ASIA ICSHT Goals of Surgery
Levels
[20]
Benassy 1965 1 n/a n/a C5 and C6 Wrist/digit flexion
Kiwerski 1982 [21] 20 n/a n/a C6 and C7 Hand flexion (grasp)
Krasuski & Kiwerski 42 n/a n/a C6 and C7 Wrist/digit flexion
1991 [63]
[27]
Bertelli 2010 1 n/a ICSHT Group 2 n/a Digit extension
[26]
Bertelli et al. 2011 1 n/a ICSHT Group 2 n/a Elbow extension
Bertelli et al. 2012 [28] 1 n/a n/a n/a Digit flexion
[13]
Friden & Gohritz 2012 1 n/a ICSHT Group 0 C5 Wrist extension
Mackinnon et al. 2012 [14] 1 A ICSHT Group 5 C7 Digit flexion
[29]
Bertelli & Ghizoni 2013 1 n/a ICSHT Group 2 n/a Elbow extension, digit flexion/extension
van Zyl et al. 2014 [15] 1 n/a C6 Elbow extension, wrist ulnar deviation, digit flexion / extension,
thumb abduction
Bertelli & Ghizoni 2015 [17] 7 n/a n/a C6 Elbow extension, digit extension
[12]
Fox et al. 2015 9 A-C ICSHT Groups 1- C4-C6 Elbow extension, wrist extension, digit flexion/extension
4
[30]
Hawasli et al. 2015 1 A n/a C7 Digit flexion
[31]
Bertelli & Ghizoni 2016 7 n/a ICSHT Groups 3- C6-C7 Wrist extension, digit extension
5
[18]
Bertelli & Ghizoni 2017 9 A ICSHT Groups 1- C5-C7 Elbow extension, digit flexion/extension
4
Emamhadi & Andalib 1 n/a ICSHT Group 4- n/a Finger flexion extension
2018 [32] 5
[33]
Fox et al. 2018 1 B n/a C5 Digit flexion
Dibble et al. 2019 [34] 2 A n/a C4 Elbow extension
[16]
Khalifeh et al. 2019 21 A-C ICSHT Groups C2-C7 Elbow extension, digit flexion/extension
0-4
[23]
van Zyl et al. 2019 16 A-B ICSHT Groups 2- C5-C7 Elbow extension, digit flexion/extension
5
[35]
Biondi et al. 2020 1 A ICSHT Group 3, C6 Elbow/digit extension
5
van Zyl et al. 2021 [36] 26 A-B n/a n/a Wrist/digit extension
[37]
Waris et al. 2021 1 n/a ICSHT Group 0 C5 Wrist extension, digit flexion
Waris et al. 2022 [43] 6 A ICSHT Group 2- C4-C7 Finger flexion and extension, thumb flexion
5
Javeed et al. 2022 [47] 22 A-C ICSHT Groups C1-C8 Elbow extension, digit flexion/extension
0-4
Sacco et al. 2022 [50] 11 A-B ICSHT Groups C4-C7 Elbow extension, digit flexion/extension
0-5

ASIA: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (range A-D); ICSHT: the International Classification for Surgery of the Hand in
Tetraplegia group, N-number of patients; C5: cervical spinal cord level 5; C6: cervical spinal cord level 6; C7: cervical spinal cord level 7.

Description of injury characteristics and overview
The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment scale, as well as the corresponding level of SCI
for study participants, were reported. The International Classification for Surgery of the Hand in
Tetraplegia (ICSHT) is a detailed classification of UE motor function specific to planning reconstructive
surgery and was also reported for each study. Outcome measures were divided broadly into the following
[25]
categories for reporting purposes: (1) strength/movement; (2) functional; (3) patient-reported; and (4)
other. The strength/movement category measured changes in pinch and grip, UE muscle strength, and
range of motion. The functional measures category included a variety of assessments that graded the ability
and quality of UE movement. The patient-reported outcomes category included self-report across several