18 Month Old With Spina Bifida

Christopher D. German

Description

Title:

18 Month Old With Spina Bifida

Creator:

Christopher D. German

Date:

3/25/2010

Text:

I have been contacted by a physical therapist concerning an 18 month old boy with Spina Bifida. He is diagnosed L2 but presents more like L3-L4. 2/5 hip flexors with gravity, some hip extension without gravity, dorsi and plantar flexion 2/5. Trunk and upper extremity weakness. When excited can induce enough tone to stand for 2-3 seconds. She is enquiring weather RGO's would be an option for this child. I have had experience with RGO's but not with someone this young. Is this patient to young to start with RGO's or are they overkill and would an HKAFO be a better choice?
 
Chris German, CPO
 

                          

Citation

Christopher D. German, “18 Month Old With Spina Bifida,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231221.