Postoperative changes in vertical ground reaction forces, walking barefoot and with ankle-foot orthoses in children with Cerebral Palsy

摘要

Background: Children with cerebral palsy often have problems to support the body centre of mass, seen as increased ratio between excessive vertical ground reaction forces during weight acceptance and decreased forces below bodyweight in late stance. We aimed to examine whether increasing ankle range of motion through surgery and restraining motion with ankle-foot orthoses postoperatively would have impact on the vertical ground reaction force in weight acceptance and late stance.