The purpose of this thesis was to study the outcome of Single Event Multilevel Surgery
(SEMLS) on the gait pattern known as crouch gait in children with spastic diplegic cerebral …

Background Crouch gait is one of the most common gait patterns in ambulatory children with
cerebral palsy (CP) and is contributed by several factors. The literature reports wide …

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) start to walk usually with an assistive device typically a
walker. Children who start to walk independently by age 3 are usually more mild and at …

Objectives: Crouch gait in cerebral palsy (CP) is characterized by excessive knee flexion
throughout stance. Single-event multilevel orthopedic surgery is the standard of care to …

Fifteen patients with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP) were monitored for a mean length
of 9.5 years after they underwent staged operations and were evaluated by gait analysis …

Background: The evidence for the effectiveness of orthopaedic surgery to correct crouch gait
in cerebral diplegic is insufficient. The crouch gait is defined as walking with knee flexion …

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 …

We studied the prevalence of severe crouch gait over a 15-year period in a defined
population of children with spastic diplegia and Gross Motor Function Classification System …

Method Three-dimensional gait analysis was performed in twenty children with spastic
diplegia. Ten children underwent single event multilevel surgery for gait improvement …

Cerebral palsy (CP) is due to an insult to the developing brain and is the most common
cause of motor deficiency in young children and usually leads to muscle spasticity …