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Deformity correction with serial casting and orthosis in children with metatarsus adductus

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May 2014

Deformity correction with serial casting and orthosis in children with metatarsus adductus

Vol: 3| Issue: 5| Number:31| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Resistant metatarsus adductus: prospective randomized trial of casting versus orthosis

J Orthop Sci. 2014 Mar;19(2):250-6

Contributing Authors:
JE Herzenberg RD Burghardt

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27 children below the age of 9 months and with metatarsal adductus were randomized to treatment with either serial casting or an orthosis. Intervention was discontinued once footprints and clinical examination indicated the deformity had resolved. Both groups demonstrated significant correction in calcaneal-fifth metatarsal angle, talo-first metatarsal angle, and a modified footprint bisector asse...

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