This is a narrative review of the functional evaluation of clubfoot treatment with gait analysis.

ABSTRACT: Clinicians worldwide have embraced Ponseti's nonoperative approach in the treatment of clubfoot, primarily due to ubiquitous reports of successful outcomes. A crucial component in this measured success, has come from researchers assessing long-term physical function following nonoperative treatment. Gait analysis has been instrumental in objectively evaluating lower extremity kinematics and kinetics while plantar pressures demonstrate the load bearing patterns experienced in the foot. As technology improves, our ability to evaluate function can take place both in the laboratory setting, and in the community. For over 20 years, our institution has been studying the gait patterns of children treated for clubfoot. After adopting the nonoperative approach, we established a prospective research

SUBMITTER: Karol LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339835 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature