Treatment with Botulinum toxin A in a total population of children with cerebral palsy - a retrospective cohort registry study

Table 2 Distribution of children treated with BTX-A in different muscle groups (Cohort 1)

Muscle injected	Total N (%)
Gastrocnemius total	590 (76)
Hamstrings total	321 (41)
Adductors total	231 (30)
Gastrocnemius alone	266 (34)
Hamstrings alone	38 (5)
Adductors alone	23 (3)
Gastrocnemius + Hamstrings	99 (13)
Gastrocnemius + Adductors	40 (5)
Hamstrings + Adductors	49 (6)
Gastrocnemius + Hamstrings + Adductors	53 (7)
Other combinations^a (see Additional file 1)	183 (24)
Missing data^b	25 (3)
Total number of children treated	776 (100)

BTX-A = Botulinum Toxin A
^aOther combinations include additional muscles to those mentioned here, alone or in combination with gastrocnemius, hamstrings, and adductors muscles, and are presented in Additional file 1
^bData missing on what muscle was treated with BTX-A

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