Change in mobility function and its causes in adults with cerebral palsy by Gross Motor Function Classification System level: A cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Background: The prognosis for mobility function by Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level is vital as a guide to rehabilitation for people with cerebral palsy.

Objective: This study sought to investigate change in mobility function and its causes in adults with cerebral palsy by GMFCS level.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Home traction in the treatment schedule of overhead traction for developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Background: Our department introduced an overhead traction method (OHT) into the treatment protocol for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in 1964. With our method, a minimum of 6 weeks of hospitalization was necessary, and the burden for the patients and their families was significant. Since 1998, we have employed home traction into the OHT protocol to shorten the duration of hospitalization.

Deformities of the elbow in achondroplasia.

Lack of full extension of the elbow is a common abnormality in patients with achondroplasia. We studied 23 patients (41 elbows) clinically and radiologically. Extension of the elbow was assessed clinically and the angle of posterior bowing of the distal humerus was measured from lateral radiographs.

Distraction osteogenesis enhanced by osteoblastlike cells and collagen gel.

Femoral distraction was done in rats to determine whether the injection of osteoblastlike cells with collagen gel into the distracted callus was useful for new bone formation. The cells were obtained from the femoral marrow of Sprague-Dawley rats and cultured for approximately 3 weeks. These rats were divided into four groups.