Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for both groups.
| Qualitative Functional Approach | Functional Approach |
Total Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 24 * | 12 | 36 | ||
| Age (y and m) | Mean (SD) | 8 y 6 m (1.84) | 8 y 10 m (2.23) | 8 y 7 m (1.96) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | n (%) | 14 (58) | 3 (25) | 17 (47) | |
| Male | n (%) | 10 (42) | 9 (75) | 19 (53) | |
| GMFCS level | |||||
| II | n (%) | 15 (62) | 7 (58) | 22 (61) | |
| III | n (%) | 9 (37) | 5 (42) | 14 (39) | |
| Lost to follow-up | n (%) | 8 (33) II: 6 (6 BoNT-A) III: 2 (1 ML, 1 SDR) |
5 (42) II: 2 (1 BoNT-A, 1 ML) III: 3 (2 ML, 1 SDR) |
13 (36) |
BoNT-A: Botulinum toxin type-A injections; GMFCS: Gross Motor Function Classification System; m: months; ML: multilevel surgery; n: number; SDR: selective dorsal rhizotomy; y: years. * For the qualitative functional approach, four children were excluded for baseline assessments of the QFM and GMFM due to assessment errors.