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Table 2 Changes of MAS and QMTA parameters after four weeks of BoNT-A injection from seven spastic calf muscles of 4 subjects with CP

From: Quantitative evaluation for spasticity of calf muscle after botulinum toxin injection in patients with cerebral palsy: a pilot study

Subject

R/L

Weeks

MAS

aR1

aR2

aR2-aR1

S1

R

0

4

35.2

48.8

13.6

4

3

34.9

55.1

20.2

L

0

4

42.3

55.7

13.4

4

3

32.9

54.0

21.1

S2

R

0

4

45.5

59.4

14.0

4

2

53.8

68.8

15.0

L

0

4

47.0

60.3

13.3

4

2

52.7

78.1

25.4

S3

R

0

4

33.5

53.7

20.2

4

3

46.0

60.9

14.9

L

0

3

47.8

58.3

10.5

4

2

47.5

61.1

13.7

S4

R

0

4

32.4

44.1

11.7

4

3

35.6

54.4

18.8

Week 0

Mean ± SD

3.9 ± 0.4

40.5 ± 6.7

54.4 ± 6.0

13.8 ± 3.1

Week 4

2.6 ± 0.5

43.3 ± 8.8

61.8 ± 8.9

18.4 ± 4.2

 

P value

<0.001*

0.169

0.009*

0.036*

  1. MAS Modified Ashworth Scale, QMTA Quantitative Modified Tardieu Approach, CP Cerebral Palsy, R/L the right and left side, aR1 averaged R1, aR2 averaged R2, aR2-aR1 averaged R2 minus averaged R1, SD Standard Deviation