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. 2019 Apr 9;6:16. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2019.00016

Table 4.

CT contractility index (CI) of the same segment, presented on Table 4, on progress “post-BTA scan 2” (noting “post-BTA scan 1” as the earliest post-BTA measurements obtained pre-operatively).

Case Muscle layer Right side CT contractility index Left side CT contractility index
Anterior Posterior Anterior Posterior
Pre BTA Post BTA 1 Post BTA 2 Pre BTA Post BTA 1 Post BTA 2 Pre BTA Post BTA 1 Post BTA 2 Pre BTA Post BTA 1 Post BTA 2
1 (300U BTA) EO 31 −42 −52 −14 −3 6 14 −24 −2 2 −22 92
IO 15 −36 −54 −24 −11 −18 44 −4 −15 6 6 70
TA −1 −17 −28 12 34 −12 25 −5 −2 30 −24 −11
2 (300U BTA) EO 26 −17 −11 45 −12 2 −4 −19 −23 16 7 −13
IO 24 −29 −46 114 16 −9 5 −46 −22 43 12 4
TA −3 18 −2 −7 −29 −25 −14 −32 −13 −12 −25 10
3 (300U BTA) probable EMG side mislabeled EO −2 −22 7 −8 −14 158 2 −22 17 18 2 40
IO 10 −15 2 4 9 −15 35 0 82 17 142 84
TA 31 −38 30 36 −7 21 18 −18 63 37 55 31
4 (300U BTA) EO 176 115 11 24 75 67 39 −10 20 38 40 19
IO 41 30 7 68 108 99 95 −15 23 65 78 84
TA 90 −4 80 87 33 −19 52 −2 5 174 49 16
5 (300U BTA) EO 36 24 −35 29 22 35 23 −28 2 35 −29 2
IO 57 −47 −63 64 78 90 97 −12 −48 27 56 107
TA 10 −38 9 55 8 56 39 −31 −38 58 7 23
6 (200U BTA) EO 25 −5 7 18 −16 15 40 −2 4 −1 −2 4
IO 36 −25 25 28 46 37 30 17 18 69 22 27
TA 67 42 48 48 14 24 145 −31 −5 71 66 4
7 (200U BTA) EO 13 5 2 18 37 48 18 8 3 0 23 53
IO −2 −3 87 32 53 63 −28 −6 65 3 32 34
TA 3 42 16 33 67 77 53 69 66 52 50 89
8 (200U BTA) EO 25 −5 −9 37 97 14 23 12 1 24 12 31
IO 75 14 22 −38 −16 −15 27 −21 −66 −12 −34 −4
TA 79 A N 6 −1 −3 36 5 −54 −10 −35 −61
9 (200U BTA) EO 13 5 N 54 11 5 25 −14 1 91 0 7
IO 88 24 107 18 −33 20 62 −39 37 58 −38 14
TA 122 22 43 85 7 −16 34 −8 17 54 −11 −44
10 (200U BTA) EO 28 7 8 26 24 17 11 −6 10 58 50 21
IO 90 8 58 110 44 3 102 57 38 19 67 79
TA 24 0 −5 160 −8 30 18 3 69 107 39 110
11 (200U BTA) EO 24 −25 23 28 4 29 26 −29 14 56 74 14
IO 119 −53 16 70 15 46 56 −40 55 82 72 86
TA 28 −41 68 40 −24 −14 85 −6 15 115 −12 6

Positive CI values indicate an increase in muscle thickness on crunching (i.e., declining BTA effect with now contractile muscle). Negative CI values indicate a decrease in muscle thickness on crunching (i.e., persisting BTA effect with flaccid non-contractile muscle).