Foot abduction brace noncompliance in children with idiopathic clubfoot: how the deep squatting posture might help
- Authors: Sailohit P.1, Limpaphayom N.2
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Affiliations:
- Police General Hospital
- Chulalongkorn University
- Issue: Vol 8, No 3 (2020)
- Pages: 241-248
- Section: Original Study Article
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/turner/article/view/25856
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/PTORS25856
- ID: 25856
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Abstract
Background. Compliance with the foot abduction brace (FAB) is essential for idiopathic clubfoot (ICF) managed by the Ponseti method. The deep squatting posture (DSP) was correlated with favorable outcomes in ICF.
Aim. The aims of the study were to identify the noncompliance rate with the FAB, and assess how the routine practice of ankle stretching and Asian-style DSP affected the ICF correction during the Ponseti method.
Materials and methods. Of 42 children with ICF, 63 ICF underwent the Ponseti method at an average age of 8.7 ± 12.6 weeks using an average of 5.4 ± 1.7 casts followed by FAB wear. The children practiced the DSP exercise as an adjunct to the FAB protocol. Children noncompliant with the FAB protocol but compliant with the DSP exercise (group A) were compared with children noncompliant with both FAB protocol and DSP exercise (group B).
Results. At an average follow-up of 3.5 ± 1.4 years, 8 of 42 children compliant with the FAB protocol. The FAB protocol deviation was documented at an average of 10.3 ± 4.8 months. Children who did not adhere to the practice of the DSP exercise had a higher recurrent rate of any ICF deformity (OR 7.82, 95% CI 1.35–53.79, p = 0.003). Of the 34 children (48 feet) noncompliant with FAB, the children in group A (39 feet) had lower recurrence rate (p = 0.02), a better Dimeglio grade (p = 0.005), and a better Pirani score (p < 0.001) at the most recent evaluation than children in group B (nine feet). However, recurrent metatarsus adductus was more prevalent in group A.
Conclusion. The DSP exercise should be advocated as a supplemental modality but cannot substitute the regular use of FAB.
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Pipattra Sailohit
Police General Hospital
Email: fasai5443@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7013-531X
Department of Orthopaedics
Thailand, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330Noppachart Limpaphayom
Chulalongkorn University
Author for correspondence.
Email: noppachart.l@chula.ac.th
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7931-7857
Scopus Author ID: 24461512000
Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine
Thailand, 1873 Rama 4 Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330References
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