Open AccessIndicators for the prescription of foot and ankle orthoses for children with Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease
Author(s) -
Scheffers Grant,
Hiller Claire,
Refshauge Kathryn,
Burns Joshua
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-5-s1-p23
Subject(s) - tooth disease , medicine , medical prescription , ankle , rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , orthopedic surgery , foot (prosody) , disease , physical therapy , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , pharmacology
Background Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited peripheral neuropathy and is associated with foot deformity, gait abnormalities and functional impairment. Orthoses are often prescribed for children with CMT, yet the indication and type of prescription is usually based on clinical judgement due to the lack of high quality research in this field. Therefore, the aims of this paper were to review the indications of commonly prescribed foot and ankle orthoses, and formulate a clinical algorithm for the optimal prescription of foot and ankle orthoses for children with CMT.