Considerations on deformity of the foot and suprasegmental pathology in infantile cerebral palsy

The authors conducted a clinical and CT scan study of the lower limbs of patients with infantile cerebral palsy in a search for correlations between deformities of the foot and pathological conditions in other parts of the limb. This revealed that the keystone in the system is the knee, in which fle...

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Published inItalian journal of orthopaedics and traumatology Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 197
Main Authors Villani, C, Billi, A, Morico, G, Calvisi, V, Romanini, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.06.1989
Subjects
Biomechanical Phenomena
Cerebral Palsy - complications
Cerebral Palsy - physiopathology
Foot Deformities - diagnostic imaging
Foot Deformities - etiology
Gait
Hip Joint - diagnostic imaging
Hip Joint - physiopathology
Humans
Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging
Knee Joint - physiopathology
Pelvis - diagnostic imaging
Pelvis - physiopathology
Spine - diagnostic imaging
Spine - physiopathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:The authors conducted a clinical and CT scan study of the lower limbs of patients with infantile cerebral palsy in a search for correlations between deformities of the foot and pathological conditions in other parts of the limb. This revealed that the keystone in the system is the knee, in which flexion deformity or recurvatum associated with varus or valgus and torsional deformity of the femur and tibia leads to repercussions in the foot which are reasonably predictable and constant. This contrasts with similar situations in non-neurological deformities, where repercussions in the foot are unpredictable.
ISSN:0390-5489