Table 2: Motor evaluation and Psychiatric aspects of participants with HAM/TSP and HTLV asymptomatic.

Cases	1	2	3	4	5	6
Walking aids	Wheelchair	Wheelchair	None	orthosis	orthosis	None
FIM	101	47	119	104	122	124
BDI	Normal	Normal	Mild	Normal	Mild	Mild
BAI	Mild	Normal	Mild	Mild	Moderate	Mild
DSM-IV-TR (Mini-Plus)	Recurrent depression	Depressive episode	Bipolar disorder	Depressive episode	Normal	Depressive episode
Attempted suicide/current risk	No	No	Yes/low	No	No	No
Relationship between Mood disorder episode and HTLV diagnosis	Yes	No	Yes	Yes^**	No	Yes
Tendency to substance abuse dependency	No	No	No	No	No	No

^**This patient the HTLV diagnosis was a factor of improving.

^*FIM: Functional Independence Measure, Total scores range from 18 (totally dependent) to 126 (totally independent); BDI: Beck Depression Inventory, BAI: Beck Anxiety Inventory