Assessment of an electronic goniometer designed to measure equinus...

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......repeatable measurements of equinus contracture, we developed the equinometer...confidence interval, EC = equinus contracture, SD = standard deviation...is restricted is known as equinus contracture (EC). Equinus contracture...

An equinus deformity of the ankle accounts for only a small amount of the...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......develop plantar flexion contractures (equinus) which may increase forefoot pressure...to determine the relationship between equinus and forefoot pressure, we measured forefoot...regression showed that the relationship between equinus and peak forefoot pressure was significant...

Gettys' EU3.8m race loan case 'to be settled'.(NEWS)

Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  January 24, 2007 ;     338 words ......proceedings would not be settled. Counsel for GT Equinus Inc - the Getty-owned vehicle - said when...for Irish passports under the scheme. GT Equinus Inc initiated the High Court action in relation to the investment transaction. GT Equinus Inc is based in Reno, Nevada, in the US...

Billionaire Gettys settle race loan case for EU3.5m.(NEWS)

Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  January 26, 2007 ;     372 words ......court. The Getty-owned vehicle company, GT Equinus Inc, initiated the High Court action in relation to the investment transaction. GT Equinus Inc is based in Reno, Nevada, in the United...defendants agreed to pay EU3.5m to GT Equinus Inc. Mr Justice Kelly directed that EU2...

Design and validation of an instrument package designed to increase the...

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......techniques and devices. Key words: ankle, contracture, equinus, goniometer, reliability. INTRODUCTION Equinus contracture has been associated with increased plantar pressure...of the need for accurate and precise measurements of equinus contracture, we have developed and validated an ...

A combined use of a free vascularised flap and an external fixator for...

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......children, and correction of equinus contracture developed after removal of...antibiotics. Two patients developed equinus contracture 6 and 3 years later, after...children. Late development of equinus contracture can be safely corrected by...

FOOT PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 2004 ;     682 words ......Cavus deformity of the foot is defined as equinus (plantar flexion) of the forefoot in relation...of the first metatarsal. heel varus and equinus. The deformities will become more rigid...On the first to second day after birth, equinus. varus, forefoot adduction, calcaneopedal...

The vulpius procedure for correction of equinus deformity in patients with...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......contracture of gastrocnemius causes an equinus deformity of the ankle in both cerebral...procedure with good results to correct an equinus deformity in 230 adults with a cerebrovascular...adults who have hemiplegia is the result of equinus deformities of the ankle, decreased flexion...

PROPOSED SURGICAL STRATEGY FOR TALIPES EQUINUS DUE TO CENTRAL NERVOUS...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 2004 ;     367 words ...Purpose: Talipes equinus is a frequent deformity observed in patients with central nervous disease...patients who underwent surgical treatment for central neurological talipes equinus between 1998 and 1999 were included in this study. All patients were...

Osteoid osteoma treated with computed tomography-guided percutaneous...

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......after surgery without any external supports, and were pain-free after a few days. The remaining patient had a pes equinus contracture induced by the penetration of the calf muscles through a posterior approach but was fully recovered 6 days later...

Acute shortening and re-lengthening in the management of bone and...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......months (5.5 to 12.5). Complications included one refracture, one transient palsy of the peroneal nerve and one equinus contracture of 10. Defects of bone and soft-tissue in the leg may he the result of high-energy trauma or may follow surgical...

Multilevel orthopaedic surgery in group IV spastic hemiplegia

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......upper limb combined with toe-walking, caused by spastic equinus, is the most common presentation. Methods of treatment...benefit from lengthening of tendo Achillis for a fixed equinus deformity.6 Equinovarus and equinovalgus deformities...foot during the swing phase of gait and group II by equinus in ...

Isolated calf lengthening in cerebral palsy: Outcome analysis of risk...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the incidence of calcaneus and recurrent equinus and identified `at-risk' groups for each...satisfactory calf length, 22% had recurrent equinus and 36% calcaneus. The incidence of calcaneus...boys had an increased rate of recurrent equinus (p = 0.012). Children with diplegia who...

New group D streptococcal species

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......identification of various biotypes of Streptococcus equinus and Streptococcus bovis and to the description...characters allowed their identification. S. equinus and the type strain of S. bovis belonged...streptococci * Streptococcus bovis * S. equinus * S. gallolyticus * S. infantarius * taxonomy...

A comparison of gait with solid, dynamic, and no ankle-foot orthoses in...

Physical Therapy;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Abnormal joint motions include dynamic equinus or excessive ankle plantar flexion during...muscle group have abnormal timing in the equinus gait pattern, with premature onset in...orthoses have been used to correct an equinus gait pattern in children with spastic...