Blounts Disease
Jeff Yakovich
Description
Collection
Title:
Blounts Disease
Creator:
Jeff Yakovich
Date:
3/14/2003
Text:
I am seeing a 2 year old female with bilateral Blounts Disease. Don
Katz was kind enough to forward and excellent article from Terry Supan
describing treatment using bilateral KAFO's for 23 hours a day. Terry
has documented results. The problem is that the orthoses must be locked
at the knee for ambulation and night use. Obviously, this makes
ambulation quite difficult. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any
documented results, either good or bad, using an A frame at night only.
Thanks
Jeffrey J. Yakovich, CO
Katz was kind enough to forward and excellent article from Terry Supan
describing treatment using bilateral KAFO's for 23 hours a day. Terry
has documented results. The problem is that the orthoses must be locked
at the knee for ambulation and night use. Obviously, this makes
ambulation quite difficult. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any
documented results, either good or bad, using an A frame at night only.
Thanks
Jeffrey J. Yakovich, CO
Citation
Jeff Yakovich, “Blounts Disease,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220780.
