%0 Journal Article %1 Newman2006a %A Newman, Christopher J %A Ziegler, Anne-Lise %A Jeannet, Pierre-Yves %A Roulet-Perez, Eliane %A Deonna, Thierry W %D 2006 %J Dev Med Child Neurol %K Adolescent; Age of Onset; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Dystonia; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Foot; Gait Disorders, Neurologic; Humans; Infant; Male; Posture; Remission, Spontaneous; Walking %N 2 %P 96--102 %R 10.1017/S0012162206000223 %T Transient dystonic toe-walking: differentiation from cerebral palsy and a rare explanation for some unexplained cases of idiopathic toe-walking. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0012162206000223 %V 48 %X We report on seven children (five males, two females) who presented with marked, often asymmetrical, toe-walking from onset of independent walking, associated with abnormal foot postures and increased tone at the ankles with characteristics of dystonia. Most of the children had presented with unusual pre-walking locomotion and a mild delay in independent walking. They did not fit into the usual categories of 'habitual' toe-walking or congenital short tendo calcaneus but nor did they have the clinical signs of spastic diplegia or of a peripheral neuromuscular disease. Normalization occurred progressively in the second to fourth years of life. The children were re-examined several years later (1 to 11y) and were normal. We believe that their persistent toe-walking corresponded to a variant of 'transient focal dystonia of infancy'. Knowledge of its existence may justify a period of observation without special investigations, surgery, or casting.

@article{Newman2006a, abstract = {We report on seven children (five males, two females) who presented with marked, often asymmetrical, toe-walking from onset of independent walking, associated with abnormal foot postures and increased tone at the ankles with characteristics of dystonia. Most of the children had presented with unusual pre-walking locomotion and a mild delay in independent walking. They did not fit into the usual categories of 'habitual' toe-walking or congenital short tendo calcaneus but nor did they have the clinical signs of spastic diplegia or of a peripheral neuromuscular disease. Normalization occurred progressively in the second to fourth years of life. The children were re-examined several years later (1 to 11y) and were normal. We believe that their persistent toe-walking corresponded to a variant of 'transient focal dystonia of infancy'. Knowledge of its existence may justify a period of observation without special investigations, surgery, or casting.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T20:54:56.000+0200}, author = {Newman, Christopher J and Ziegler, Anne-Lise and Jeannet, Pierre-Yves and Roulet-Perez, Eliane and Deonna, Thierry W}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/294c4d57a14e2cfee4dcd724678df4e61/ar0berts}, doi = {10.1017/S0012162206000223}, groups = {public}, interhash = {8de93cb77c61de09819ccfe136600c9a}, intrahash = {94c4d57a14e2cfee4dcd724678df4e61}, journal = {Dev Med Child Neurol}, keywords = {Adolescent; Age of Onset; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Dystonia; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Foot; Gait Disorders, Neurologic; Humans; Infant; Male; Posture; Remission, Spontaneous; Walking}, month = Feb, number = 2, pages = {96--102}, pii = {S0012162206000223}, pmid = {16417663}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T20:55:05.000+0200}, title = {Transient dystonic toe-walking: differentiation from cerebral palsy and a rare explanation for some unexplained cases of idiopathic toe-walking.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0012162206000223}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 48, year = 2006 }