Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 631-636 , November 2009

Can Persistent Drop Foot After Calf Muscle Lengthening Be Predicted Preoperatively?

  • Bjørn Lofterød, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chief Physician, Section for Child Neurology, Department of Paediatrics, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Bjørn Lofterød, MD, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Section for Child Neurology, Department of Paediatrics, Sognsvannsveien 20, NO-0027 Oslo, Norway.
    • ,
  • Merete Aarsland Fosdahl, PT, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Chief Physiotherapist (Gait Laboratory), Section for Child Neurology, Department of Paediatrics, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Terje Terjesen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, and Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(09)00286-5

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.07.001

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 631-636 , November 2009

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