Smith Anne, O'Sullivan Peter, Straker Leon.
From a a classification of subjects according to sagittal spinal alignment in standing, this study evaluates the correlation between kyphoscoliosis and LBP. It concludes that more neutral thoraco-lumbo-pelvic postures are associated with less back pain.
Spine. 33(19):2101-2107, 01/09/2008.
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Jung H. Lee, In Y. Sung, Jong Y. Yoo.
This study compares static measurement in clinical and radiologic evaluation for assessment of pes planus, to evaluates whether it leads to abnormal gait pattern. 13 children with pes planus were selected. Femoral anteversion, internal and external rotation, thigh–foot angle (TFA), and resting calcaneal stance position (RCSP) were measured, as well as talo-calcaneal angle (TCA), talometatarsal angle (TMA), calcaneal pitch, and forefoot adduction on simple X-ray, and femoral anteversion, tibial torsion and rotation on computed tomography (CT). Then a 3-D gait analysis was performed and the correlation between all data was assessed.
It concludes that TMA was the factor most related to degree of calcaneal valgus on physical exam and that larger TCA was responsible for decreased maximal external rotation and increased maximal internal rotation in gait cycle.
Pediatrics Int., published online 3/09/2008
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Lara Allet; Elisabeth Burge; Dominique Monnin
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) holds great promise for providing the rehabilitation disciplines with a universal language. However, the ICF is still highly complex and questions remain about its practicability. The aims of this review were to (i) identify how the ICF is integrated in the clinical activity of physiotherapists, (ii) discuss advantages and limits of the use of the ICF, and (iii) suggest further possibilities for implementing the ICF by physiotherapists. Of 155 identified articles, 22 were specific to physiotherapy. These articles described the utility of the ICF to facilitate decision-making for physiotherapists; to classify the evaluation of therapy outcomes; to ensure that all aspects of human functioning are represented while testing the effectiveness and the reliability of these outcomes; to structure the documentation of assessments and interventions, as well as to ameliorate the communication.
ICF has a clinical relevance for physiotherapists, although the limited reliability of the qualifier system for the feasibility of its implementation was shown. The authors emphasize that the ICF is a tool that facilitates the decision of what to measure but not how to measure.
Advances in Physiotherapy, 2008, 10(3), 127-137
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Lee, G. P., Ng, G. Y.
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of heat and duration of stretching on the extensibility of hamstring muscles and their electromyographic responses to passive stretch in children with hypertonia and severe mental retardation. Subjects received four treatment sessions in random order with each consisting of five repetitions of stretching: (A) 10-second stretching, (B) 30-second stretching, (C) hot pack followed by 10-second stretching, and (D) hot pack followed by 30-second stretching.
The results showed that heat application to the hamstrings before stretching could result in greater increase in extensibility than stretching alone in children with hypertonia and severe mental retardation. Stretching could promote relaxation of the hamstring muscles regardless of prior heat treatment. Stretching sustained for 30 seconds led to greater relaxation than that for 10 seconds.
Ckinical Rehabilitation, 2008, 22(9), 771-779
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Finkel Richard S., Hynan Linda S., Glanzman Allan M., Owens Hollis, Nelson Leslie, Cone Stephanie R., Campbell Suzann K., Iannaccone Susan T., the AmSMART Group.
This article evaluates the reliability of the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) in infants with spinal muscular atrophy, type I (SMA-I), and concludes that TIMP scores can be reliably obtained in infants with SMA-I.
Pediatric Physical Therapy. 20(3):242-246, Fall 2008
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Heineman Kirsten R., Hadders-Algra Mijna.
This review of literature evaluates the accuracy and reliability of 15 instruments to assess neuromotor functioning of infants.It concludes that the best predictions are achieved through a combination of multiple, complementary tools.
Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 29(4):315-323, 08/2008
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Meta Nyström Eek and Eva Beckung.
This study assess the relation between muscle strength and walking ability in 55 children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy at GMFCS levels I–III. It showed a significant difference in muscle strength between GMFCS levels and a moderate to high correlation between muscle strength and the GMFM, indicating that muscle weakness affects walking ability.
Gait & Posture, 28 (3), 08/2008, 366-371
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Gayani Alwis, Christian Linden, Henrik G. Ahlborg, Magnus Dencker, Per Gardsell, Magnus K. Karlsson.
In this study, eighty boys aged 7–9 years were included in a curriculum-based exercise programme comprising 40 min of general physical activity per school day for 2 years, with fifty-seven age-matched boys assigned as controls.
It concludes that a school-based exercise intervention programme in pre-pubertal boys enhances the skeletal benefits at lumbar spine.
Acta Pædiatrica, published online ahead of print, 30/07/2008
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N.K.S. de Vries, J.J.H.M. Erwich and A.F. Bos.
In this study, the General Movements (GMs) of nineteen infants were assessed on days 2, 4, 6, 10 and 14 with Prechtl's method and a detailed GM assessment which produced optimality scores (OSs). These were compared to obstetric and postnatal data and to neurodevelopmental outcome at 18 months.
Conclusions list the factors influencing the GMs in the first fourteen days of life.
Early Human Development, Article in Press, Corrected Proof, published online ahead of print.
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Manuela Galli, Chiara Rigoldi, Reinald Brunner, Naznin Virji-Babul and Albertini Giorgio.
This study offers an evaluation of typical gait pattern of subjects with Down syndrome and the quantification of their joint stiffness, linked with ligament laxity and hypotonia.
Gait and Posture, 28 (3), 10/2008, 502-506, published online ahead of print.
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