Assessment of lower-extremity alignment in the transverse plane: implications for management of children with neuromotor dysfunction.
The authors present nine clinical assessment procedures designed to detect factors contributing to transverse-plane structural and joint alignment abnormality in children with neuromotor dysfunction. Where applicable, each assessment is accompanied by a discussion of the normal features of pediatric lower-extremity torsional and rotational alignment; limitations of the assessment procedures as regards reliability, specificity, and age-related normative findings; and clinical management suggestions. The authors urge clinical evaluators to expand the existing knowledge base.
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Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
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D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016916:Joint Deformities, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011187:Posture