title: Assessment of hip rotation after gait improvement surgery in cerebral palsy.
abstract: Sixteen children with diplegic type of cerebral palsy and spastic internal rotation gait were evaluated using gait analysis before and an average of 3 years after multiple soft tissue surgery. Significant correction of the internal rotation gait was observed after multi-level soft tissue surgery which included medial hamstring lengthening in all cases. Our results suggest that for children with spastic internal rotation gait, multi-level soft tissue surgery effectively corrects the dynamic internal rotation gait in the absence of fixed bony rotational deformities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steinwender
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saraph
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Zwick
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Uitz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Linhart
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery*; D005684:Gait; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009128:Muscle Spasticity; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012399:Rotation; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome