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Filter by:While studies have shown that better outcomes are associated with brace wear compliance in the scoliosis and clubfoot populations, compliance rates are still poor. Reasons identified by patients, parents and research for not complying with prescribed brace wear include the inconvenience or irritability of the child when in the brace in the case of clubfeet, and fear of looking different from peers, clothes not fitting properly, or discomfort in the case of scoliosis. While reasons for noncompliance are many and can be complex, there has been some research to indicate that personality traits may play a role in brace wear compliance. The primary purpose of the proposed study is to determine if personality traits are related to compliance patterns for individuals undergoing brace treatment for AIS or Clubfeet.
While it has been shown that sucrose or milk ingestion decreases pain responses in heel sticks, no study up to this point has determined the best intervention for decreasing the pain response during casting for clubfoot deformity. The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of three different non-pharmacologic interventions (sucrose, milk, water) on pain response during clubfoot casting. This study will allow us to discern the best non-pharmacologic intervention for pain control during clubfoot casting and to provide a more pleasant, comfortable experience for patients and families.
1. To assess the clinical and neurophysiological efficacy of Xeomin® vs. Botox® in children with spastic equine and equinovarus foot deformation in pediatric cerebral palsy 2. To assess the safety of Xeomin® use as compared to Botox® in this patient population
Patients with clubfoot treated with the Ponseti method from a prospective database are evaluated using gait analysis including a foot model and a disease specific instrument score and compared to a group of healthy children.
The goal of this multi-center, randomized, controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a 2 year versus 4 year bracing protocol in preventing isolated clubfoot recurrence within the first year post-treatment, and to evaluate factors associated with recurrence in isolated clubfoot.
It has been shown that compliance with brace wear can significantly improve the treatment outcome of idiopathic clubfoot deformities. Noncompliance rates have been estimated to be around 30-41% with initial orthosis wear after successful treatment with serial castings. These studies have depended on family logs and not objective data. With the development of a monitoring device, this study hopes to examine: (1) actual patient compliance, (2) comparisons of actual wear time and assumed wear time and (3) the relationship of patient wear with clinical outcomes. Hypothesis: Actual patient compliance in foot abduction orthoses (FAO) wear is less than self-reported compliance and noncompliance is correlated to future surgeries.
This is a pilot study examining tendon collagen, collagen cross-linking, and markers of tendon extracellular matrix metabolism in the Achilles tendon of diabetic patients with ulcerations and amputations of the lower extremity.
Spastic equinovarus foot (SEF) is a major cause of disability in stroke patients. Treatments may include physical therapy, orthosis, botulinum toxin (BTX) injections, selective tibial neurotomy and tendon lengthening and/or transfer. Until now, no study has been conducted to assess the result of neuro-orthopaedic surgery in the treatment of SEF. The aim of this study is to evaluate the benefit of neuro-orthopaedic surgery (selective neurotomy and/or Achilles tendon lengthening and/or tibialis anterior transfer) in case of SEF according to the 3 domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)of the World Health organisation (WHO)
The purpose of this study is to: 1. compare structural variations observed in the calf and foot of the clubfoot mouse model(pma)with human clubfoot patients antenatally and postnatally; 2. identify features that might be used in future large scale studies to delineate a subtype of human clubfoot associated with lack of response to standard 'Ponseti' manipulation treatments.
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of cast material on correction of congenital idiopathic clubfeet using the Ponseti method.