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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Genu Recurvatum Control in Hyper- and Hypo-tonic Children
"التحكم فى الانحناء الخلفى للركبة في حالات زيادة و قلة النغم العضلي عند الأطفال المصابين بالشلل المخي
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : The present study aimed at comparing the effect of ankle foot orthosis versus knee cage on genu recurvatum control in children suffering from hypotonic or hypertonic lesion affecting lower extremities. Forty patients, with age ranging from four to seven years were selected from the Out-patient Clinic of the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University. They were two groups; twenty of them had spastic cerebral palsy (I), while the other twenty patients had flaccid paralysis of lower extremities (II). All patients had genu recurvatum. Each group was subdivided into two sub-groups of equal number, each contained 10 patients, on which either knee cages (KC) or ankle foot orthoses (AFO) were applied for correction of genu recurvatum. Both groups received the same routine physical therapy program. Evaluation was made using tensiometer to evaluate hamstrings, quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles strength and X-ray to evaluate genu recurvatum degree. Treatment of both groups continued for three successive months, three sessions weekly. Both groups showed significant reduction in genu recurvatum degree. There was also significant increase in the concerned muscles’ tension, except in the hamstring muscle tension in the knee cage group (hypertonic) and in the ankle foot orthoses group (hypotonic). 
ISSN : 1319-1004 
Journal Name : Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University 
Volume : 8 
Issue Number : 1 
Publishing Year : 1424 AH
2003 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Sunday, July 4, 2010 

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خالد أحمد ممدوحMamdouh, Khaled AhmedInvestigatorDoctoratekh_mamdouh@live.com

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