title: Evaluation of Serial Casting for Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Case Report.
abstract: To report the effects of below-knee serial casting in two boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who presented with well-preserved strength and calf shortening.
  
  
  
  Bilateral below-knee serial casts were applied over two weeks with follow-up of daily stretching and wearing of customized night splints. Outcome measures were performed at baseline, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months post-casting. These included measures of calf length, leg strength, motor function, endurance, and spatio-temporal gait parameters.
  
  
  
  Both boys completed serial casting with gains in muscle length. No adverse effects on strength or motor function were observed over a 12-month follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: a The Royal Children's Hospital , Melbourne , Australia.|b Murdoch Children's Research Institute , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2519-3289
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.affiliation: a The Royal Children's Hospital , Melbourne , Australia.|b Murdoch Children's Research Institute , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Katy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Valle
authors.affiliation: a The Royal Children's Hospital , Melbourne , Australia.|b Murdoch Children's Research Institute , Melbourne , Australia.|c Department of Paediatrics , The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kornberg
authors.affiliation: a The Royal Children's Hospital , Melbourne , Australia.|b Murdoch Children's Research Institute , Melbourne , Australia.|c Department of Paediatrics , The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: a The Royal Children's Hospital , Melbourne , Australia.|b Murdoch Children's Research Institute , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D005080:Exercise Test; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000628:therapy*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Duchenne muscular dystrophy; calf muscle shortening; gait; motor function; serial casting