Table 3.
Botulinum toxin therapy of arm muscles under the contextual factor 'aetiology'
| Indication | All Spasticity |
Writer's cramp |
Arm dystonia |
Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients treated [n] | 192 | 50 | 10 | n/a |
| Number of arm muscles treated [n] | 1002 | 128 | 40 | n/a |
|
BT arm dose per patient (M ± SD) [MU-E] |
378.3 ± 186.3 | 70.3 ± 55.3 | 196.0 ± 150.8 |
ALLS vs WC: * ALLS vs AD: * WC vs AD: * |
|
Number of arm muscles treated per patient (M ± SD) [n] |
6.3 ± 3.0 | 2.5 ± 1.5 | 4.4 ± 2.2 |
ALLS vs WC: * ALLS vs AD: ns WC vs AD: * |
n/a not applicable, ns not significant, M ± SD mean ± standard deviation, BT botulinum toxin, MU-E equivalent mouse unit, ALLS all spasticity, WC writer's cramp, AD arm dystonia
*Significant