Dynamic foot-pressure measurement in the assessment of operatively treated clubfeet.

Background: Decreased motion of the subtalar joint is common after operative treatment of idiopathic clubfeet. The purposes of this study were to validate parameters of dynamic foot-pressure measurement that enable detection of physiological pronation of the subtalar joint and to analyze the consequences of absent or decreased pronation following clubfoot surgery on long-term functional results.

Methods: To validate parameters of dynamic foot-pressure measurement, we initially analyzed two control groups: one of forty asymptomatic normal feet and the other of five feet with a previous subtalar joint arthrodesis.

Rotator cuff repair. Long-term results.

Objectives: To evaluate the results of rotator cuff repair and to look for preoperative and/or intraoperative predictors of long-term outcomes.

Patients And Methods: All patients who underwent open rotator cuff repair surgery for a full-thickness tear between 1990 and 1996 and who were subsequently followed-up for at least 4 years were contacted. The surgical technique and postoperative rehabilitation program were standardized.