title: Congenital Chopart amputation. A functional assessment.
abstract: Of 11 patients with congenital Chopart-level foot amputations, the average age was 6.75 years. Data collected from each patient included leg-length and calf-circumference measurements, range of motion at the ankle and subtalar joints, and a record of stump appearance. The patients were timed running a 50-m dash and measured in a standing broad-jump performance. Patients with congenital Chopart amputations functioned within normal limits in all of the authors' tests. No patient had a plantar flexion deformity. A slipper-style shoe filler or ankle foot orthosis with a foot plate and shoe filler was used as an easily fabricated and very functional prosthesis. The Chopart foot was found to have many advantages compared to a Symes-level amputation, including maintenance of functional length of the extremity, preservation of a broad weight-bearing surface, and an intact plantar fat pad.
authors.affiliation: Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Herring
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D012775:Shoes; D013640:Tarsal Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery