Prevalence and classification of equinus foot in bilateral spastic cerebral palsy
| Autor: | Nicholas A. Beckmann, Matthias C. Klotz, Axel Horsch, Marco Götze, Stefanos Tsitlakidis, Gregor Berrsche, Andreas Geisbüsch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Physical examination Cerebral palsy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Germany 030225 pediatrics Prevalence medicine Deformity Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Retrospective Studies Muscle contracture Soleus muscle medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cerebral Palsy Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Surgery Clubfoot Gait analysis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Contracture medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Pediatrics. 15:276-280 |
| ISSN: | 1867-0687 1708-8569 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12519-019-00238-2 |
| Popis: | Equinus is a common deformity in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (BSCP). While dynamic equinus usually is treated by conservative therapy, fixed contractures need surgical correction. To choose the appropriate surgical method, it is important to discriminate between isolated gastrocnemius shortening and combined gastrosoleus complex contracture. In a retrospective study 938 patients with BSCP were studied. Patients underwent gait analysis and clinical examination. 248 patients (496 limbs) met the inclusion criteria. Data from motion analysis and clinical examination were used to calculate the prevalence and to further classify fixed equinus foot. The prevalence of equinus was 83.3%. During clinical exam 246 (59.6%) limbs showed combined gastrosoleus complex contracture and 167 (40.4%) isolated gastrocnemius contracture. Max. DF at stance and mean DF at initial contact were significantly reduced in combined contracture, while max. ROM was increased (P |
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