Management of hip disorders in patients with cerebral palsy

JM Flynn, F Miller - JAAOS-Journal of the American Academy of …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Hip disorders are common in patients with cerebral palsy and cover a wide clinical
spectrum, from the hip at risk to subluxation, dislocation, and dislocation with degeneration …

Muscle response to heavy resistance exercise in children with spastic cerebral palsy

DL Damiano, CL Vaughan… - … Medicine & Child …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Fourteen ambulatory children with spastic diplegia participated in a bilateral quadriceps.
strengthening program in an attempt to decrease the amount of knee crouch during gait …

The musculoskeletal management of children with cerebral palsy

PA DeLuca - Pediatric Clinics, 1996 - pediatric.theclinics.com
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a nonprogressive disorder of motion and posture caused by a brain
insult or injury occurring in the period of early brain growth (less than 2 years of age) …

Pain in persons with cerebral palsy

L Schwartz, JM Engel, MP Jensen - Archives of Physical medicine and …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To examine the nature and scope of pain in persons with cerebral palsy (CP).
Design: Standardized interviews to assess demographics, pain experiences, and the impact …

Orthotic management of cerebral palsy: recommendations from a consensus conference

C Morris, R Bowers, K Ross, P Stevens… - …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
An international multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals and researchers
participated in a consensus conference on the management of cerebral palsy, convened by …

Internal rotation gait: a compensatory mechanism to restore abduction capacity decreased by bone deformity?

AS Arnold, AV Komallu, SL Delp - Developmental Medicine & …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Children with excessive femoral anteversion frequently walk with abnormal internal rotation
of the hip. The authors hypothesized that excessive anteversion decreases the abduction …

Orthopedic surgery in cerebral palsy: Instructional course lecture

D Sharan - Indian journal of orthopaedics, 2017 - Springer
Orthopedic surgery (OS) plays an important role in the management of cerebral palsy (CP).
The objectives of OS are to optimize functions and prevent deformity. Newer developments …

Reconstruction of the dysplastic spastic hip with peri-ilial pelvic and femoral osteotomy followed by immediate mobilization

F Miller, H Girardi, G Lipton, R Ponzio… - Journal of Pediatric …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
All children with cerebral palsy who had a pelvic osteotomy performed by the senior author
(FM) from 1989 through 1991 were reviewed. Indications for operative reconstruction were …

Femoral derotation osteotomy in spastic diplegia: proximal or distal?

M Pirpiris, A Trivett, R Baker, J Rodda… - The Journal of Bone …, 2003 - boneandjoint.org.uk
We describe the results of a prospective study of 28 children with spastic diplegia and in-
toed gait, who had bilateral femoral derotation osteotomies undertaken at either the proximal …

Rotational moment arms of the medial hamstrings and adductors vary with femoral geometry and limb position: implications for the treatment of internally rotated gait

AS Arnold, SL Delp - Journal of biomechanics, 2001 - Elsevier
Persons with cerebral palsy frequently walk with a crouched, internally rotated gait. Spastic
medial hamstrings or adductors are presumed to contribute to excessive hip internal rotation …