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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS-PART B
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 214-219Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32832c2f7d
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calf circumference; clubfoot; coefficient of repeatability; dorsiflexion; foot length; plantarflexion; reliability; static measures
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- Cerebra-Foundation for Brain Injured Children and Young People
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Static measures data for infants are used in clinical practice and studies without published reliabilities. Intraobserver reliabilities for static measures were assessed in normally developing feet and clubfeet. Coefficient of repeatability was used for reliability. Variability in reliability was found. Ankle dorsiflexion, calf circumference and foot length were considered to be reliable in both groups. Foot width was considered unreliable and reliability for ankle plantarflexion knee flexed or extended does not seem to justify its use clinically. These results suggest that ankle dorsiflexion, calf circumference and foot length are reliable measures in infants and can be used for study conclusions and clinical decisions. J Pediatr Orthop B 18:214-219 (C) 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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