Overview of foot deformity management in children with cerebral palsy
Open Access
- 1 November 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Children's Orthopaedics
- Vol. 7 (5), 373-377
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11832-013-0509-4
Abstract
Foot deformities in children with cerebral palsy are common. The natural history of the deformities of the feet is very variable and very unpredictable in young children less then 5 years old. Treatment for the young children should be primarily with orthotics and manual therapy. Equinus is the most common deformity, with orthotics augmented with botulinum toxin being the primary management in young children. When fixed deformity develops lengthening only the muscle which is contracted is preferred. Varus deformity of the feet is often associated with equinus, and can almost always be managed with orthotics until 8 or 10 years of age. Planovalgus is the most common deformity in children with bilateral lower extremity spasticity. The primary management is orthotics until the child no longer tolerates the orthotic; then surgical management needs to consider all the deformities and all should be corrected. This requires correcting the subtalor subluxation with calcaneal lengthening or fusion, medial midfoot correction with osteotomy or fusion.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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