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Quantitative Effects on Proximal Joints of Botulinum Toxin Treatment for Gastrocnemius Spasticity: A 4-Year-Old Case Study

Table 1

Summary of kinematic parameters (mean and standard deviation) for analysed patient (CP patient; right and left side) in the examined sessions and normative data (Control Group, CG). ROM: Range Of Motion; Min: Minimum value; Max: Maximum value; IC: Initial Contact; St: Stance phase; Sw: Swing phase.


	CP patient PRE		CP patient POST1 (5 days)		CP patient POST2 (3 months)		CG

	right	left	right	left	right	left

Pelvic Tilt (degrees)
Mean Pelvic Tilt	$6.6 (1.3)$	$6.8 (0.4)$	$16.2 (1.7)$	$16.4 (2.1)$	$15.7 (0.8)$	$16.0 (0.1)$	$8.8 (4.3)$
ROM	$5.9 (1.5)$	$5.4 (0.3)$	$7.5 (2.1)$	$6.5 (1.1)$	$5.7 (0.5)$	$5.0 (1.5)$	$1.6 (3.6)$
Hip Flex-Extension (degrees)
IC	$30.4 (0.1)$	$38.4 (1.4)$	$45.5 (0.7)$	$34.4 (0.9)$	$40.5 (0.5)$	$33.2 (1.5)$	$29.5 (4.4)$
Min in St	$6.4 (0.9)$	$21.5 (2.1)$	$13.8 (1.1)$	$16.0 (1.2)$	$- 0.8 (2.5)$	$10.9 (0.3)$	$- 8.7 (6.4)$
Knee Flex-Extension (degrees)
IC	$29.3 (1.8)$	$35.7 (1.1)$	$25.8 (2.2)$	$22.3 (3.7)$	$16.4 (2.3)$	$13.6 (2.3)$	$6.7 (5.5)$
Min in misSt	$23.4 (3.8)$	$25.7 (1.0)$	$22.1 (0.4)$	$13.2 (3.9)$	$0.4 (2.7)$	$2.0 (0.9)$	$4.2 (2.1)$
ROM	$29.8 (3.9)$	$22.4 (1.2)$	$33.7 (0.8)$	$27.7 (2.6)$	$61.1 (2.7)$	$47.5 (1.7)$	$58.8 (4.7)$
Ankle Dorsi-Plantarflexion (degrees)
IC	$14.4 (2.5)$	$9.3 (0.6)$	$9.4 (1.5)$	$10.4 (2.3)$	$- 3.9 (1.3)$	$- 3.0 (0.9)$	$- 0.5 (4.8)$
Max in St	$29.4 (1.6)$	$18.7 (3.1)$	$19.7 (3.1)$	$24.4 (2.7)$	$14.7 (1.8)$	$8.7 (0.9)$	$12.2 (5.5)$
ROM in Sw	$8.3 (2.2)$	$4.3 (3.3)$	$4.6 (7.1)$	$8.1 (1.7)$	$5.4 (0.9)$	$4.2 (2.5)$	$23.3 (5.5)$
Foot Progression (degrees)
Mean foot progression	$- 13.2 (3.3)$	$7.3 (1.5)$	$3.2 (1.6)$	$21.4 (0.3)$	$- 12.2 (0.2)$	$- 3.4 (2.8)$	$- 12.7 (4.4)$