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Persistent Toe Walking in Autism

open access: yesJournal of Child Neurology, 2011
The records of 954 ambulatory children presenting for initial evaluation to a university developmental pediatrician were reviewed for the prevalence of persistent toe walking and associated tight heel cords. The incidence of persistent toe walking (20.1%) and tight heel cords (12.0%) were found to be higher in 324 children with an autistic spectrum ...
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The Toe Walking Tool: A novel method for assessing idiopathic toe walking children

Gait and Posture, 2010
The diagnosis of idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is achieved by the exclusion of all medical causes associated with toe walking. In order to identify children with this gait type, an online Toe Walking Tool questionnaire was developed that utilized questions to identify healthy idiopathic toe walkers and excluded those who toe walk as a result of a ...
Cylie M Williams   +2 more
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Idiopathic Toe Walking

Foot and Ankle Specialist, 2016
The aim of this study is to provide clinical examination methods that were designed specifically to assess the level of severity among children with idiopathic toe walking (ITW). The idiopathic toe-walking pattern of 836 children was recorded and analyzed during 4 years.
David Pomarino
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Idiopathic Toe Walking

open access: yes, 2018
Toe walking is a toe-to-toe or forefoot-to-forefoot gait that lacks initial heel strike (figures 1 and 2.) In typical early child development, nearly all children toe walk to some degree. If a child persistently toe walks between ages 2 to 3 years, then further evaluation is needed.
Potts, Michelle
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Toe Walking

Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2016
The present review includes the most up-to-date literature on the causes, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of toe walking.The prevalence of toe walking at age 5.5 years is 2% in normally developing children, and 41% in children with a neuropsychiatric diagnosis or developmental delays.
GS Kulkarni, RM Kulkarni, Rajiv Negandhi
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The importance of the toes in walking

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1990
The importance of well-functioning toes has long been recognised but has not previously been assessed in biomechanical studies. We have examined the weight-bearing function of the foot in 160 normal subjects by use of the pedobarograph. The function of the toes was assessed by reference to the time they were in contact with the ground and the peak ...
J, Hughes, P, Clark, L, Klenerman
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Idiopathic toe‐walking: a review

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1999
Idiopathic toe-walking (ITW) is a term used to describe the condition in which children walk with a toe–toe gait pattern in the absence of any known cause. It has also been referred to as habitual toe-walking and congenital short tendo calcaneus (tendo Achilles).
D A, Sala   +4 more
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Toe Walking

2015
Abstract This is a chapter on Toe walking from the Gait section of A Manual of Neurological Signs. Most of the chapters contain a description of the sign, associated signs, and cases, supported by clinical videos and figures.
John G. Morris, Padraic J. Grattan-Smith
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Toe Walking in Autism

Journal of Child Neurology, 2014
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 with autism, the degree of toe walking was compared with an estimate of the severity of sensory integration dysfunction symptoms and the presence of residual components of ...
Pasquale J, Accardo, William, Barrow
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Electromyography of Idiopathic Toe Walking

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 1986
Eighteen idiopathic toe walkers were evaluated by gait electromyography to define muscle timing abnormalities. This group was compared with a matched group of normal children walking on their toes and to a group of patients with cerebral palsy and equinus deformities.
V, Kalen, N, Adler, E E, Bleck
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