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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Swedish knee cage on genu recurvatum in spastic hemiplegic children. The study was conducted in the Out Patient Clinic of Physical Therapy Faculty, Cairo University. Thirty spastic hemiplegic children of both sex, age from three to seven years old, participated in this study. They were divided in two groups of equal number; study and control group. The study group received traditional physical therapy while wearing Swedish knee cage during all weight bearing activities for three months. The control group received the same traditional physical therapy program without wearing Swedish knee cage for three months. Both groups were subjected to the same evaluation procedure using three dimensional gait analysis to assess recurvatum angle and some of gait parameters ( stride length, cadence, speed, cycle time and stance phase ratio) before and after the successive three months of treatment. The results of this study show significant improvement in all measuring parameters. however, a significant difference was noticed in post treatment results for both groups in all measuring variable in favor to the study group. In conclusion, the Swedish knee cage is effective in controlling the genu recurvatum in hemiplegic children and improving walking pattern.
Key words: genu recurvatum- hemplegia.