%0 Journal Article %1 Crenshaw2000 %A Crenshaw, S. %A Herzog, R. %A Castagno, P. %A Richards, J. %A Miller, F. %A Michaloski, G. %A Moran, E. %D 2000 %J J Pediatr Orthop %K Analysis of Variance; Ankle Joint; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Equipment Design; Female; Gait; Humans; Kinetics; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Spasticity; Tonus; Orthotic Devices; Treatment Outcome %N 2 %P 210--216 %T The efficacy of tone-reducing features in orthotics on the gait of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. %V 20 %X This study analyzed the effects of tone-reducing features in ankle-foot orthotics (AFOs) on the gait of eight children (ages 4-11 years) with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. A standard gait analysis was performed on each subject in each of three trial orthotics and in a baseline shoes-only condition. A 4-week accommodation period was allotted for each of the three devices: a standard hinged AFO, an AFO with tone-reducing features, and a supramalleolar orthotic with tone-reducing features. Most significant differences were at the ankle, between free-ankle and plantar flexion-limiting conditions. No significant functional changes in gait were evident with the addition of tone-reducing properties to a standard articulating AFO.

@article{Crenshaw2000, abstract = {This study analyzed the effects of tone-reducing features in ankle-foot orthotics (AFOs) on the gait of eight children (ages 4-11 years) with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. A standard gait analysis was performed on each subject in each of three trial orthotics and in a baseline shoes-only condition. A 4-week accommodation period was allotted for each of the three devices: a standard hinged AFO, an AFO with tone-reducing features, and a supramalleolar orthotic with tone-reducing features. Most significant differences were at the ankle, between free-ankle and plantar flexion-limiting conditions. No significant functional changes in gait were evident with the addition of tone-reducing properties to a standard articulating AFO.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T19:16:42.000+0200}, author = {Crenshaw, S. and Herzog, R. and Castagno, P. and Richards, J. and Miller, F. and Michaloski, G. and Moran, E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2edf09c06735edda1023729a5a3da9ac2/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {8aaea10570341808475fab3e1d94df9e}, intrahash = {edf09c06735edda1023729a5a3da9ac2}, journal = {J Pediatr Orthop}, keywords = {Analysis of Variance; Ankle Joint; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Equipment Design; Female; Gait; Humans; Kinetics; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Spasticity; Tonus; Orthotic Devices; Treatment Outcome}, number = 2, pages = {210--216}, pmid = {10739284}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T19:16:42.000+0200}, title = {The efficacy of tone-reducing features in orthotics on the gait of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 20, year = 2000 }