Toe walking: causes, epidemiology, assessment, and treatment

JJ Ruzbarsky, D Scher, E Dodwell - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Toe walking can occur because of an underlying anatomic or neuromuscular condition, but
in the majority of cases toe walking is idiopathic, without a discernable underlying cause. For …

Interventions for idiopathic toe walking

AJ Caserta, V Pacey, MC Fahey, K Gray… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is an exclusionary diagnosis given to healthy
children who persist in walking on their toes after they should typically have achieved a heel …

Is idiopathic toe walking really idiopathic? The motor skills and sensory processing abilities associated with idiopathic toe walking gait

CM Williams, P Tinley, M Curtin… - Journal of child …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to investigate any differences between the motor skills and sensory
processing abilities of children between the ages of 4 and 8, who do and do not have an …

Exploring health professionals' understanding of evidence‐based treatment for idiopathic toe walking

CM Williams, K Gray, N Davies… - Child: care, health …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is an exclusionary diagnosis resulting in a child
walking on the balls of their feet. Preferred treatment options may be due to the severity of …

Sensory profile of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and tip-toe behavior: results of an observational pilot study

G Valagussa, G Purpura, A Nale, R Pirovano… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atypical sensory processing is frequently reported in persons with autism spectrum
disorders (ASD), and it is one of the described diagnostic criteria for ASD. There is also …

Toe walking in autism: Further observations

PJ Accardo, W Barrow - Journal of Child Neurology, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Toe walking has been associated with language disorders and autism. To better understand
the association between persistent toe walking and sensory and motor variables in children …

Some children with idiopathic toe walking display sensory processing difficulties but not all: A systematic review

JH Donne, JA Powell, MC Fahey, R Beare… - Acta …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is a diagnosis for children who toe walk without another
diagnosis known to cause toe walking. Recent research has suggested that children with …

The effects of walking surface on the gait pattern of children with idiopathic toe walking

HD Fanchiang, MD Geil, J Wu… - Journal of child …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Idiopathic toe walking treatments are not conclusively effective. This study investigated the
effects of walking surface on gait parameters in children with idiopathic toe walking. Fifteen …

Idiopathic toe-walking: have we progressed in our knowledge of the causality and treatment of this gait type?

CM Williams, P Tinley… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Am Podiatric Med Assoc
Background Idiopathic toe-walking (ITW) is a condition commonly seen by podiatric
physicians. Because a toe-walking gait style is also caused by or associated with many …

Whole-body vibration results in short-term improvement in the gait of children with idiopathic toe walking

CM Williams, J Michalitsis, AT Murphy… - Journal of child …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to determine the impact of multiple doses of whole-body vibration on heel
strike, spatial and temporal gait parameters, and ankle range of motion of children with …