Characteristics of ankle-foot orthoses for management of the spastic lower limb.
A retrospective study was done on the effects of a change in the design of ankle-foot orthoses used in the treatment of 29 hemiplegic children. Nine of 13 children treated with plantarflexed ankle-foot orthoses required surgery, compared with only one of 16 with dorsiflexed ankle-foot orthoses. This difference is highly significant.
Sankey
R J
RJ
University of Dundee.
Anderson
D M
DM
Young
J A
JA
D000842:Ankle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000628:therapy*; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D012189:Retrospective Studies