Influence of surgery involving tendons around the knee joint on ankle motion during gait in patients with cerebral palsy:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

Seung YeolLee¹ 

关键词: ankle kinematics;    knee surgery;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011417S000258

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:AnkleIntroduction/Purpose:The gastrocnemius, a biarticular muscle that crosses the knee and ankle, acts as a knee flexor as well as an ankle plantar flexor. Although simultaneous motion of the knee and ankle joints is required for many activities including standing, running, swimming, and cycling, the change in ankle motion during gait has not been described in patients with cerebral palsy who underwent distal hamstring lengthening or distal hamstring lengthening with rectus femoris transfer. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the influence of surgery involving tendons around the knee on ankle motion during gait in cerebral palsy patients.Methods:The analysis included data regarding 55 limbs from 34 patients with spastic cerebral palsy, who were followed-up after they had undergone distal hamstring lengthening with or without additional rectus femoris transfer. Mean age of the patients at time of the knee surgery was 11.2 ± 4.7 years. Preoperative and postoperative kinematic variables that were extr...

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