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. 2017 Aug 21;9(8):253. doi: 10.3390/toxins9080253

Table 1.

Differences in physician’s rating scale (PRS) scores at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks after botulinum toxin injection.

Subgroups Baseline—6 Weeks Baseline—12 Weeks Baseline—24 Weeks
PRS < 2 PRS ≥ 2 p PRS < 2 PRS ≥ 2 p PRS < 2 PRS ≥ 2 p
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Pre-injection History None 8 (16.7) 40 (83.3) 11 (22.9) 37 (77.1) 20 (41.7) 28 (58.3)
Yes 29 (30.5) 66 (69.5) 0.074 25 (26.3) 70 (71.1) 0.658 47 (50) 47 (50) 0.347
0−1 14 (19.7) 57 (80.3) 16 (22.5) 55 (77.5) 28 (39.4) 43 (60.6)
>1 23 (31.9) 49 (68.1) 0.095 20 (27.8) 52 (72.2) 0.470 39 (54.2) 32 (44.4) 0.110
≤2 19 (20.2) 75 (79.8) 24 (25.5) 70 (74.5) 41 (43.6) 52 (55.3)
>2 18 (36.7) 31 (63.3) 0.032 12 (24.5) 37 (75.5) 0.892 26 (53.1) 23 (46.9) 0.457
Type Unilateral 14 (29.2%) 34 (70.8%) 11 (22.9%) 37 (77.1%) 22 (46.8%) 25 (53.2%)
Bilateral 23 (24.2%) 72 (75.8%) 0.523 25 (26.3%) 70 (73.7%) 0.658 45 (47.4%) 50 (52.6%) 0.95
GMFCS level I 22 (24.4%) 68 (75.6%) 20 (22.2%) 70 (77.8%) 35 (39.3%) 54 (60.7%)
II 9 (26.5%) 25 (73.5%) 10 (29.4%) 24 (70.6%) 20 (58.8%) 14 (41.2%)
III 6 (31.6%) 13 (68.4%) 0.809 6 (31.6%) 13 (68.4%) 0.562 12 (63.2%) 7 (36.8%) 0.05

GMFCS: Gross Motor Function Classification System.