Idiopathic toe walking and sensory processing dysfunction [PDF]
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2010 Background It is generally understood that toe walking involves the absence or limitation of heel strike in the contact phase of the gait cycle. Toe walking has been identified as a symptom of disease processes, trauma and/or neurogenic influences.
Williams Cylie M +2 more
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Pediatric toe-walking cohort with heterozygous SBF1 variants: A phenotypic description [PDF]
Global Medical GeneticsPurpose: Persistent toe walking is frequently labeled idiopathic; however, targeted genetic testing in selected cohorts can identify variants in genes implicated in neuromuscular disease.
David Pomarino +4 more
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Effective Mechanical Advantage About the Ankle Joint and the Effect of Achilles Tendon Curvature During Toe-Walking. [PDF]
Front Physiol, 2020 Aim: To study the causes of locomotor dysfunction, estimate muscle forces, or understand the influence of altered sarcomere and muscle properties and behaviours on whole body function, it is necessary to examine the leverage with which contractile forces
Harkness-Armstrong C +7 more
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Does botulinum toxin A improve the walking pattern in children with idiopathic toe-walking?
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2010 Background Numerous recommendations have been made for treating idiopathic toe-walking (ITW), but the treatment results have been questioned. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether botulinum toxin A (BTX) improves the walking pattern in ITW
Pähr Engström +5 more
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Serial ankle casts for patients with idiopathic toe walking: effects on functional gait parameters. [PDF]
J Child Orthop, 2019 Purpose The aim of the present study was to investigate the functional effects on gait parameters of serial ankle casts for patients with idiopathic toe walking (ITW), in comparison with an unremarkable control group.
Thielemann F +3 more
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Exploration of physiotherapists' use of motor control strategies for the treatment of idiopathic toe walking in children: a qualitative study. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Caserta A, Morgan P, Williams C.
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The “Toe Walking Tool”: a novel method of assessing toe walking children [PDF]
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2011 Background Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) can present in children above the age of three, and occurs in the absence of any medically diagnosed conditions. Identification of medical conditions that are associated with toe walking can be complex and a potentially daunting task for those that infrequently assess children.
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Managing Toe Walking, a Treatment Side Effect, in a Child With T-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Case Report [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019 Background and Purpose: Children who have survived cancer are at risk of experiencing adverse effects of the cancer or its treatments. One of the adverse effects may be the limitation of ankle dorsiflexion (DF), which may result in “toe walking ...
Wojciech Kiebzak +11 more
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Orthotic treatment of idiopathic toe walking with a lower leg orthosis with circular subtalar blocking. [PDF]
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2021 Berger N +4 more
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Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Toe Walking after Percutaneous Myofasciotomy: Cohort Study
Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2022 Background. The main method of surgical treatment of toe walking is Achilles tendon extension, which is associated with the risk of excessive correction, tendon rupture, its poor blood supply, plantar flexion deformity.
David Pomarino +4 more
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