Splint: The efficacy of orthotic management in rest to prevent equinus in children with cerebral palsy, a randomised controlled trial

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Maas, Josina C ^a   Dallmeijer, Annet J ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^b   Brunstrom Hernandez, Janice E ^c   van Kampen, Petra J ^d   Jaspers, Richard T ^b   Becher, Jules G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Medical Rehabilitation Center 'Groot Klimmendaal'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion; Cerebral palsy; Gastrocnemius muscle; Growth; Knee ankle foot orthoses; Muscle morphology; Orthotic management in rest; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC SPLINT; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PES EQUINUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE JOINT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858729078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-38     Document Type: Article

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