Background:Children with cerebral palsy (CP) present a pathological gait pattern due to musculoskeletal impairments, such as muscle weakness and altered bony geometry. However, the effect of these impairments on performance is still unknown. Research aim:This study aimed explore hip femoral deformities CP typical developing (TD) subjects. Methods:6400 models were created by weakening extensors,...

Background: A lot of the ambulating children with spastic diplegia were able to walk with flexed hips, knees and ankles this gait pattern is known as crouch gait. The most needed functional achievement of diplegic children habilitation is to be able to walk appropriately. The development of an independent and efficient walking is one of the main objectives for children with cerebral palsy espec...

An adolescent boy with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy presented with crouch gait. He had bilateral severe flexion deformities of knees and hips. He was treated with single event multilevel surgery for the correction of deformities. Surgical procedures included bilateral adductor release, iliopsoas lengthening, bilateral femoral shortening and patella plication. Persistent hypertension was note...

BACKGROUND In children with spastic diplegia, surgery for ankle equinus contracture is associated with a high prevalence of both overcorrection, which may result in a calcaneal deformity and crouch gait, and recurrent equinus contracture, which may require revision surgery. We sought to determine if conservative surgery for equinus gait, in the context of multilevel surgery, could result in the...

Normal gait is a pattern of walking that humans normally adopt in undisturbed situations. Gait patterns are considered to be either abnormal or impaired if they do not satisfy certain key attributes of normal gait. It has previously been postulated that normal gait is more energy efficient than abnormal or impaired gait. However, it is not clear whether a normal gait pattern is also superior to...

Background: Hamstring muscles contracture is a major problem in the management of the cerebral palsy CP patient causing the crouch gait which is one of the most resistant conditions to treat. Methods: Twenty patients (40 knees) with spastic cerebral palsy diaplegia, between 7 – 12 years of age, presented to The National Institute of Neuromotor System of Egypt, from January 2010 to January 2011....

The objective of this study was to identify the predictors of outcome of distal rectus femoris transfer in cerebral palsy. Preoperative and postoperative gait data for 81 patients were examined, focusing on knee flexion/extension range. Outcome was 'good' for 46 patients and 'poor' for 35. The poor outcome group had no improvement in knee range because of increased crouch postoperatively. Outco...