HOUSTON — The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics Annual Meeting began with a forum for sharing knowledge and new developments in research, equipment, observations and treatments for children and adolescents with limb deficiencies. Jorge A. Fabregas, MD, president of the…
Day: March 23, 2017
Speaker: Pediatric toe walking not idiopathic, can be improved with regular physical therapy
HOUSTON — Pediatric toe walking is not necessarily idiopathic and can be the result of an underlying deficit, Megan Smith, CO, director of clinical research at Surestep, said at the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics Annual Meeting. She said gait…
Carbon fiber AFO-SMO orthoses improved gait in patient with cerebral palsy
HOUSTON — The use of a carbon fiber ankle-foot orthosis with supramalleolar orthosis inner boots improved the gait of a 13-year-old patient with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, according to data presented at the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics Annual Meeting.…