A new orthosis for the management of clubfoot and other foot and leg deformities in infancy and early childhood.
A new orthosis designed to deal with unilateral or bilateral idiopathic clubfoot after successful conservative or surgical treatment was used to maintain the correction and to prevent recurrence. Once the neutral position of the heel was achieved, the orthosis was found to be very useful in improving the correction of the hind-foot and/or the forefoot. The first 50 patients treated with the orthosis showed a 92% compliance rate for an average period of 9-12 months.
Wientroub
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Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel.
Khermosh
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012008:Recurrence; D013165:Splints / Q000592:standards*