Background Overactivity or contractures of the hamstring muscles in ambulatory children
with cerebral palsy (CP) can lead to either a jump gait (knee flexion associated with ankle …

Purpose Children with spastic diplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy frequently ambulate
with flexed knee gait. There has been concern that hamstring lengthening used to treat this …

Background Hamstring lengthening surgery (HSL) is often performed to correct crouch gait
in patients with cerebral palsy (CP). However, crouch can recur over time, and repeat HSL …

Background: Children with spastic cerebral palsy frequently develop stiff knee gait. A
common treatment of flexed knee gait is lengthening of the hamstring tendons. It has been …

Background: Surgical lengthening of the hamstrings is often performed to correct crouch gait
in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness …

Background: Hamstring surgical lengthening (HSL) has been frequently performed for the
correction of knee flexion deformity in cerebral palsy (CP), although recurrence is described …

To document the benefits and limitations of distal hamstring lengthening (HL), 61 children
(105 limbs) with cerebral palsy treated by distal HL with complete preoperative and …

Background: Flexion deformity of the knee is a common presentation in children with
cerebral palsy with hamstring surgery as an option for addressing this. However, concerns …

Background: Serial extension casting represents a novel solution for addressing residual
knee flexion contractures following hamstring lengthening in children with cerebral palsy …

Background: Progressive crouch gait occurs in patients with cerebral palsy with increasing
age. Hamstring lengthening improves crouch in these patients, but hamstring contractures …