A fixed-ankle, below-the-knee orthosis for the management of genu recurvation in spastic cerebral palsy.
A fixed-ankle, below-the-knee molded plastic splint designed to maintain the ankle in 5 degrees of dorsiflexion and correct any foot deformity was used on eighteen extremities of twelve children with spastic cerebral palsy and genu recurvatum. After an average follow-up of twenty-six months, the genu recurvatum was well controlled and gait was improved.
D000843:Ankle Joint; D001915:Braces; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D013035:Spasm / Q000150:complications*