The added value of orthotic management in the context of multi-level surgery in children with cerebral palsy

Treatment of cerebral palsy includes an interdisciplinary concept and in more severe cases the well-established multi-level surgery (MLS). Different kinds of orthoses are typically part of postoperative treatment but there is a lack of knowledge about their additional benefit. Do ankle foot orthoses lead to an additional, measurable improvement of gait after MLS? 20 children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (9 retrospective, 11 in a...