Use and tolerability of a side pole static ankle foot orthosis in children with neurological disorders.

Background: Transverse-plane foot deformities are a frequently encountered issue in children with neurological disorders. They are the source of many symptoms, such as pain and walking difficulties, making their prevention very important.

Objectives: We aim to describe the use and tolerability of a side pole static ankle foot orthosis used to prevent transverse-plane foot deformities in children with neurologic disorders.

[Clinical assessment of spasticity in children].

This article presents the four principle steps of assessment of children with cerebral palsy. Weakness of some muscles groups and spasticity of others and the subsequent functional impairment can be identified by observation. Analytical assessments of spasticity with the Ashworth and Tardieu scales were compared in 30 children with cerebral palsy, mean age 8.

Hip pain in 234 non-ambulatory adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional multicentre study.

In orthopaedic clinical practice hip pain is the main complaint of adults with cerebral palsy (CP). The aim of this descriptive study was to specify prevalence of hip pain and to propose methods of care other than surgery. The study was a cross sectional multicentre one based in the Rhĵne-Alpes region.

[Prevalence and morbidity of hip excentration in cerebral palsy: review of the literature].

Purpose Of The Study: Excentration of the hip is one of the main orthopedic complications of ante and perinatal cerebral palsy. Excentration can progress to dislocation even if tenotomy is performed. What is the prevalence and morbidity of hip excentration?

Methods: We reviewed the pertinent literature on the prevalence and morbidity of hip excentration in patients with cerebral palsy based on the Medline and Reedoc databases.

Oral health in adolescents from a small French town.

In France, caries are more prevalent in rural areas than in large cities. This study analyzed the relationship between number of oral health indices and some known risk factors (toothbrushing, sugar consumption, saliva components) and sociodemographic factors in adolescents from a small town. The sample included 112 children aged 12-14 in the north-east of France.

A study of forces originating from orthodontic appliances for splinting of teeth.

Management of dental trauma in children sometimes requires the use of a dental splint. This can be constructed with composite materials, kevlar, fiberglass, wire and composite or orthodontic wires and brackets. However, there have been no studies of the control of dental movement when orthodontic materials are used for a dental splint.

[Anti-calcaneus carbon fiber orthosis in children with myelomeningocele].

An anti-calcaneus carbon fibre orthosis (ACCFO) is an appliance combining a plantar orthosis with an anterior counter-support at the tibia and two side supports, medial and lateral, leaving the posterior aspect of the leg and heel free. It is made of polyethylene and polycarbolactone resin reinforced by a covering of tubular carbon fibres and polymerized epoxy-resin. Fifty-five pairs have been used in 18 children aged from one years and five months to 12 years suffering from a paraplegia at L4-L5 or S1 level due to myelomeningocele.

[The dental health of the children of Lorraine and Haute-Saône in 1987].

The oral health of a representative sample of 964 schoolchildren aged 6 to 15 years from primary schools and secondary teaching colleges of Lorraine and Haute-Saône were examined. The gingival, plaque and calculus indices as well as the DMFT, DMFS, dft and dfs, indices were used. A standardized presentation of the results allowed comparisons with other similar surveys.

Enamel fluoride content after using amine fluoride- or monofluorophosphate-sodium fluoride-dentifrices.

The fluoride retention in enamel was determined in vivo comparing the short-term unsupervised use of amine fluoride- and monofluorophosphate-sodium fluoride-dentifrices. Acid-etch enamel biopsies in the double-blind study showed that the fluoride content in enamel was significantly higher following use of the amine fluoride dentifrice, 959 ppm F vs 330 ppm F. Both dissolution of the enamel, determined by the amount of phosphorus (33.