title: Habitual toe-walkers. A clinical and electromyographic gait analysis.
abstract: Six children who were habitual toe-walkers were studied using electromyographic techniques. In the initial gait evaluation, the muscle synergy pattern was found to be abnormal during the toe-toe gait as well as during the heel-toe gait. After treatment with casts, each patient had a normal electromyographic pattern during heel-toe gait.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D014034:Toes