Questions During the 2023 Pediatric Gait Course by Academy

% wear

2023-10-13 14:10:09 UTC

When you are talking about 75%,80%, or 90% AFOFC wearing, are you taking about this as a percentage of waking hours or over a 24 hr span including night-time?

"ion", "ing", "or"

mrrezaie — 2023-10-16 19:00:56 UTC

Hi Elaine, the language you used for reporting kinematics and kinetics (internal and external moment) really makes sense to me. I'm just wondering if this is a published consensus/standard. Because I couldn't find any reference for that and there are still lots of articles that do not follow this rule. Thank you.

Actual/Effective foot & soles/rockers

2023-10-29 13:00:30 UTC

Hi all

I truly love everything we are learning!

I am a bit confused with the last Self Study assessment questions on effective foot, sole stiffness & heel/toe rockers

Will this be covered more fully on rest of coursework or am I just not understanding the mechanics well on the self study game

I would love a review on next class session with Elaine but I have to watch on demand due to work & cannot attend live course/office hours to ask questions : (

Thank you so much!

Self Study in Preparation for Nov 10

2023-10-29 14:43:19 UTC

Good morning

Is the a self study module to prepare for next session, I only have course videos from 10-27 live & office sessions

Maybe I missed something : )

Articles on musculotendinous units

2023-11-30 00:39:08 UTC

Hi, I can't see where the articles are that Elaine mentions in the self study are. They don't come listed in any of the sections.

Also where can I find the answers to the game about R1 and R2

In the self study section on pathological toe walking - was the spastic catch in the child that is the first case example only felt after the calf contractures were reduced, that then led to the diagnosis of CP?

2023-12-02 22:18:23 UTC

Child B

2023-12-08 00:20:58 UTC

Did Child B require a longer shoe? Was the shoe length correct for height?

GMFCS level

2023-12-08 00:22:35 UTC

I wanted to find out if in your service Elaine, whether the GMFCS level shifted as they aged. I find in my service that we are often changing the GMFCS level, which feels incorrect to me. I think most people use the infographic instead of using the tool with the descriptions. But I just wanted to find out if you had the same in your service?

Too much knee flexion

jefflinton — 2023-12-08 17:03:15 UTC

HELP! I can't seem to find any information in Tool Kit regarding where to buy wedges or plastazote? I am missing a list somewhere? Thanks

2023-12-09 20:48:04 UTC

Correcting for LLD in toddler without dx

2023-12-12 17:50:51 UTC

Hi Elaine,

I'm working with a 13 mo with a 3 cm LLD and no neurological dx. I asked the orthopedist to write a script for adaptive shoes to correct his LLD, but he does not support this intervention. The child also has a hx of torticollis and standing with a LLD makes this worse. What are your thoughts on this?

Knee hyperextension or shank reclined?

pulmar88 — 2023-12-12 18:50:31 UTC

Could you please tell me more, I'm watching the "Recording of October 27 Live Session, Part 4" now, how can I get an answer: what is to be considered knee hyperextension? I.e. let's say I have a graph of knee kinematics, where 30-40% of the line goes beyond 0. If I change the angle of the shank and it will be 10-12°, it means that this is knee hyperextension? But the video also says that there can be both hyperextension of the knee and a violation in the kinematics of the shank. In this case, how can we determine that there is hyperextension of the knee?

Plastazote Cutting/Adhering to Shoe Recommendations

2023-12-13 06:00:19 UTC

Hi Elaine,

I was wondering if you have recommendations or instructions on how to cut the plastazote and fix them to the shoes (for temporary use when figuring out the most appropriate AFOFC). Thanks in advance!

I cannot seem to find answers for case studies...am I missing something? Looked through additional materials & all course work links?

2024-01-03 10:04:10 UTC