Splint: the efficacy of orthotic management in rest to prevent equinus in children with cerebral palsy, a randomised controlled trial: Maas JC et al.

Background: Range of motion deficits of the lower extremity occur in about the half of the children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Over time, these impairments can cause joint deformities and deviations in the children’s gaitpattern, leading to limitations in moblity. …

 

Maas et al. BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12:38
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/12/38
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Autoren:
Josina C Maas
1*,
Annet J Dallmeijer 
1,
Peter A Huijing 
2,
Janice E Brunstrom-Hernandez 
3,
Petra J van Kampen 
4,
Richard T Jaspers 2† and
Jules G Becher 
1
Autoren-Details:
1  Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the EGMO+ Institute for Healthand Care Research and Research Institute MOVE, VU University MedicalCenter, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2  Faculty of Human Movement Sciences and Research Institute MOVE, VU University, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
3  Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St, Louis Childrens Hospital, St. Louis, MO MO 63110, USA.
4  Medical Rehabilitation Center ‘Groot Klimmendaal, Heijenoordseweg 5, 6813GG Arnhem, The Netherlands.