Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the enrolled patients (n = 39).

Variable	Placebo (SD)	BoNT‐A (SD)
No of patients	19	20
Women (no of patients)	7	10
Mean age (years)	45.63 (7.90)	47.60 (11.24)
Mean duration of illness (years)	9.13 (9.90)	7.38 (6.22)
Simple/complex (no of patients)	6/13	7/13
VAS handwriting	1.78 (1.39)	1.70 (1.20)
Symptom severity scale (points)	27.32 (4.57)	28.10 (4.67)
Functional status scale (points)	8.95 (5.41)	10.25 (7.02)
Writer's cramp rating scale (points)	4.47 (1.84)	4.50 (1.96)
Writing speed (lines/2 min)	7.93 (3.20)	7.59 (2.80)

BoNT‐A, botulinum toxin type A; VAS, visual analogue scale.