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ArticleJournal of children's orthopaedics2023

A 10.5-year follow-up of walking with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy.

Alice Bonnefoy-Mazure, Geraldo De Coulon, Pierre Lascombes, Aline Bregou, Stéphane Armand

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Alice Bonnefoy-MazureWilly Taillard Laboratory of Kinesiology, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Geraldo De CoulonPediatric Orthopedic Service, Department of Child and Teenage Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Pierre LascombesUniversity of Medicine, Nancy, France.
Aline BregouPediatric Orthopedic Service, Department of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Stéphane ArmandWilly Taillard Laboratory of Kinesiology, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe gait evolution in patients with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP) using modified Gait Profile Score (mGPS without hip rotation), Gait Variable Score (GVS), walking speed, and the observed effects of single-level surgery (SLS) after 10 years. Methods: Fifty-two patients with USCP (Gross Motor Function Classification System I) and data from two Clinical Gait Analyses (CGAs) were included. The evolution of patients' mGPS, GVS, and walking speed were calculated. Two "no surgery" and "single-level surgery" patient categories were analyzed. Paired Results: Mean ages (SD) at first and last CGAs were 9.3 (3.2) and 19.7 (6.0) years old, respectively, with an average follow-up of 10.5 (5.6) years. Mean mGPS for the patients' affected side was significantly lower at the last CGA for the full cohort: baseline = 8.5° (2.1) versus follow-up = 7.2° (1.6), effect size = 0.73, Conclusions: SLS patients demonstrated a positive long-term change in gait pattern over time. The group that had undergone surgery had worse gait scores at baseline than the group that had not, but the SLS group's last CGA scores were relatively closer to those of the "no surgery" group. Level of evidence: This was a retrospective comparative therapeutic study (level III).

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Clinical gait analysislong-term follow-upsingle-level surgeryunilateral spastic cerebral palsy

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PMID37034199
PMCPMC10080234

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