Hip contractures were associated with low gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy

I Mechlenburg, MTF Østergaard, CB Menzel… - Acta …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Red indicates that a hip contracture is developing, yellow indicates a reduced passive
range of motion, and green indicates a good passive range of motion. In this study, …

Impact of multilevel joint contractures of the hips, knees and ankles on the Gait Profile score in children with cerebral palsy

SJ Holmes, AJ Mudge, EA Wojciechowski, MW Axt… - Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Knee flexion weakness, reduced hip extension and ankle … The participants with hip flexion
contractures only (n = 5), … , and the utility of the GPS as a functional outcome measure in …

Stander use for an adolescent with cerebral palsy at GMFCS level with hip and knee contractures

V Capati, SY Covert, G Paleg - Assistive Technology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… CP and 40-degree knee and/or hip flexion contractures benefit from a standing program, after
hip flexion contractures may be positioned well in a stander with a specialized contracture

Knee flexion contracture impacts functional mobility in children with cerebral palsy with various degree of involvement: a cross-sectional register study of 2,838 …

EHS Pantzar-Castilla, P Wretenberg, J Riad - Acta orthopaedica, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… knee flexion contracture (KFC) on function in cerebral palsy (… We studied knee flexion
contracture, functional mobility, and … of knee flexion contracture contributes to decreased physical …

Functional outcomes after selective dorsal rhizotomy followed by minimally invasive tendon lengthening procedures in children with spastic cerebral palsy

N Limpaphayom, S Stewart, L Wang, J Liu… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
… spasticity and lower extremity tendon contractures. The purpose of this … Pretendon and
posttendon lengthening hip abduction, … has decreased the amount of bony hip surgery in spastic …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence of flexion contracture development in the lower limb: a longitudinal analysis of 1,071 children with cerebral palsy

E Cloodt, A Lindgren, H Lauge-Pedersen… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2022 - Springer
… with cerebral palsy (CP), it is crucial to treat the reduced … of hip contracture on other joints.
This may also partially explain why a hip flexion contracture was the least common contracture

Hip and pelvic kinematic pathology in cerebral palsy gait

F Miller - Cerebral Palsy, 2020 - Springer
Hip flexion contractures or limited hip extension in stance … increased hip abduction and
decreased knee flexion in swing … with cerebral palsy: operative technique and functional outcome

[HTML][HTML] … influence of preoperative knee flexion contracture severity on short-term outcome of orthopedic surgery in ambulatory children with bilateral cerebral palsy

E Pantzar-Castilla, BPJ Chen, F Miller… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2021 - Springer
… Knee flexion contracture decreased in group 1 from mean … The popliteal angle was measured
supine with the hip flexed … the primary gross motor function outcome. We noted increased …

Recurrence of knee flexion contracture after surgical correction in children with cerebral palsy

S Cheewasukanon, P Osateerakun… - International …, 2021 - Springer
… During the second stage, the patient was operated on in the supine position, and the assistant
elevated the leg through hip flexion (Fig. 2). Knee joint FC was corrected in a sequential …

[HTML][HTML] Causal factors affecting gross motor function in children diagnosed with cerebral palsy

BA MacWilliams, S Prasad, AL Shuckra, MH Schwartz - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… , weakness, reduced motor control, contracture, and bony … on GMFM-88 and functional
outcomes as measured by the Pediatric … hip extension was measured with the opposite hip flexed, …