ArticleBMC pediatrics2009
Motor ability in children treated for idiopathic clubfoot. A controlled pilot study.
Article in BMC pediatrics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05456737 (Investigation of Ankle-Foot Characteristics, Balance, Funtional Activity and Quality of Life in Children With Idiopatic Pes Equinovarus), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Investigation of Ankle-Foot Characteristics, Balance, Funtional Activity and Quality of Life in Children With Idiopatic Pes Equinovarus
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Quantification of Infant Distress Across Serial Clubfoot Casting Visits: A Prospective Pilot Study.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a digital-based gradual exercise training program for preventing relapse in congenital clubfoot: a protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The potential of machine learning in classifying relapse and non-relapse in children with clubfoot based on movement patterns.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tracing neurodevelopment and growth pattern in six-year-old children with idiopathic clubfoot: a national cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Early developmental milestones in patients with idiopathic clubfoot treated by Ponseti method.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Development of foot length in children with congenital clubfoot up to 7 years of age: a prospective follow-up study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Sport Ability during Walking Age in Clubfoot-Affected Children after Ponseti Method: A Case-Series Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Motor and cognitive functioning in children treated for idiopathic clubfoot at the age of 3 years.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Standing and walking age in children with idiopathic clubfoot: French physiotherapyJournal of children's orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Additional challenges in children with idiopathic clubfoot: is it just the foot?Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Motor abilities in 182 children treated for idiopathic clubfoot: a comparison between the traditional and the Ponseti method and controls.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2018Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTo study motor ability at seven years of age in children treated for idiopathic clubfoot and its relation to clubfoot laterality, foot status and the amount of surgery performed.
methodsTwenty children (mean age 7.5 years, SD 3.2 months) from a consecutive birth cohort from our hospital catchments area (300.000 inhabitants from southern Sweden) were assessed with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) and the Clubfoot Assessment Protocol (CAP).
resultsCompared to typically developing children an increased prevalence of motor impairment was found regarding both the total score for MABC (p < 0.05) and the subtest ABC-Ball skills (p < 0.05). No relationship was found between the child's actual foot status, laterality or the extent of foot surgery with the motor ability as measured with MABC. Only the CAP item "one-leg stand" correlated significantly with the MABC (rs = -0.53, p = 0.02).
conclusionsChildren with idiopathic clubfoot appear to have an increased risk of motor activity limitations and it is possible that other factors, independent of the clinical status, might be involved. The ability to keep balance on one leg may be a sufficient tool for determining which children in the orthopedic setting should be more thoroughly evaluated regarding their neuromotor functioning.
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