The utility of normative foot floor angle data in assessing toe-walking.

Initial heel contact is an important attribute of gait, and failure to complete the heel rocker reduces gait stability. One common goal in treating toe-walking is to restore heel strike and prevent or reduce early heel rise. Foot floor angle (FFA) is a measure of toe-walking that is valuable for quantifying foot orientation at initial contact when using ankle dorsiflexion angle alone is misleading.

Childhood morbidity after severe traumatic brain injury: Increased detection with the Multiattribute Health Status Classification.

OBJECTIVES: Study 1: To determine the interrater agreement on the Multiattribute Health Status Classification (MAHSC) for brain-injured children. Study 2: To determine the outcome of severe childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) by comparing three measures: MAHSC, Functional Independence Measures (FIM/WeeFIM), and the Glasgow Outcome Scale. Designs: Study 1: Clinic recruitment of parents of patients.

Neurodevelopmental outcome of young pediatric intensive care survivors of serious brain injury.

Objectives: To determine the number of children with severe brain injury due to closed head injury or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy as a proportion of all admissions of children <3 yrs of age in the regional pediatric intensive care unit; to determine the outcome of these children at >6 mos postinjury; and to explore the relationship of outcome measures to predictors of outcome obtained within the first 24 hrs after brain injury.

Design: Prospective, descriptive outcome study of an inception cohort.

Results: Neonatal and Infant Follow-up Clinic, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Canada.