Lower Extremity Muscle Tendon Interaction Around Knee During Gait Among Adolescent Children with Cerebral Palsy with Varying Crouch Angle.

Background: Optimal management and surgical planning of severe bony deformities and muscle tendon unit contractures demands comprehensive evaluation of all structures including the dynamic muscle tendon length of all muscles around the joint during gait.

Objectives: Present study aimed to explore dynamic muscle-tendon length for all muscles around the knee joint along with pelvis, hip, and ankle joint kinematics among adolescent children with varying crouch angle.

Methods: Muscle-tendon length of 29 adolescent children with cerebral palsy with varying crouch angles was computed using a full-body musculo-skeletal model and expressed as a percentage of muscle-tendon length during walking compared to resting condition.

Pilot implementation of rural rehabilitation services, India.

Objective: To implement rehabilitation services in a rural area of Raigad district, Maharashtra, India.

Methods: We piloted a rehabilitation service delivery model through the Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences, in five villages. The institute performed participatory rural appraisal and focus group discussions with stakeholders to identify general issues in village life that could affect delivery.

Goyal-Naqvi Syndrome (Concurrent Trisomy 10p and Terminal 14q Deletion): A Review of the Literature.

Goyal-Naqvi syndrome (GNS) is a newly documented clinical entity that comprises trisomy 10p and terminal 14q deletion, though trisomy 10p and terminal 14q deletion have been discovered as distinct conditions in 1974 and 1997, respectively. Nevertheless, to date, the total number of reported cases of each of these conditions is estimated to be in double digits. Both manifest as a constellation of features like craniofacial dysmorphism, hypotonia, intellectual impairment and global developmental delay.