%0 Journal Article %1 Sharps1984 %A Sharps, C. H. %A Clancy, M. %A Steel, H. H. %D 1984 %J J Pediatr Orthop %K Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Contracture; Follow-Up Studies; Gait; Humans; Knee Joint; Long-Term Care; Retrospective Tendons %N 4 %P 443--447 %T A long-term retrospective study of proximal hamstring release for hamstring contracture in cerebral palsy. %V 4 %X Proximal hamstring release was used exclusively for hamstring contracture in patients with spastic cerebral palsy. Average follow-up was 9 years 5 months. Thirty-two of 78 patients were examined retrospectively. Straight leg raising increased from 30 to 68 degrees. Knee flexion contracture decreased from 16 to 9 degrees. Knee flexion contractures of greater than 10 degrees were not permanently corrected. Only four of 64 knees were in mild (5-10 degrees) recurvatum at follow-up. Lumbar lordosis averaged 53 degrees at follow-up, and hip flexion contracture release apparently had little effect on lumbar lordosis. Proximal hamstring release can be used by this described technique without severe lumbar lordosis or devastating genu recurvatum.

@article{Sharps1984, abstract = {Proximal hamstring release was used exclusively for hamstring contracture in patients with spastic cerebral palsy. Average follow-up was 9 years 5 months. Thirty-two of 78 patients were examined retrospectively. Straight leg raising increased from 30 to 68 degrees. Knee flexion contracture decreased from 16 to 9 degrees. Knee flexion contractures of greater than 10 degrees were not permanently corrected. Only four of 64 knees were in mild (5-10 degrees) recurvatum at follow-up. Lumbar lordosis averaged 53 degrees at follow-up, and hip flexion contracture release apparently had little effect on lumbar lordosis. Proximal hamstring release can be used by this described technique without severe lumbar lordosis or devastating genu recurvatum.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:19:48.000+0200}, author = {Sharps, C. H. and Clancy, M. and Steel, H. H.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2fe9ed53dc2981f5c6437f96ff49f56a9/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {496b50aa828487b974f95feee0f5f9ed}, intrahash = {fe9ed53dc2981f5c6437f96ff49f56a9}, journal = {J Pediatr Orthop}, keywords = {Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Contracture; Follow-Up Studies; Gait; Humans; Knee Joint; Long-Term Care; Retrospective Tendons}, month = Aug, number = 4, pages = {443--447}, pmid = {6432842}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:19:48.000+0200}, title = {A long-term retrospective study of proximal hamstring release for hamstring contracture in cerebral palsy.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 4, year = 1984 }