Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Inhibitive AFO's / Cerebral Palsy/Quadriparesis

Bilateral solid-ankle inhibitive AFOs in neutral.
Cerebral palsy and quadriparesis.
This 9-year-old male has no known allergies. He has not had surgery on his lower extremities, and he takes a variety of medicines including oral baclofen, breathing medications and Depakote. He stands in a stander daily. He has outgrown his current orthoses.
We note that on assessment, the patient is postured into pronation bilaterally. He has mild tone and nonsustained clonus. His heels are in valgus, and his forefeet are abducted. He stands in a stander only.
Fabricate bilateral solid-ankle AFOs set at 90 degrees.