Clinical Trial: Effect of Lower Extremity Traction on the Popliteal Angle After Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy of the Knee Flexor Muscles.
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Disability or Chronic Disease Leading to Disablement
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Effect of Lower Extremity Traction on the Popliteal Angle After Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy of the Knee Flexor Muscles.
Brief Summary:
People with neuromotor disability (i.e.following an inborn or acquired spinal cord, cerebral or peripheral neurological lesion) are at risk of neuro-orthopaedic disorders.Microinvasive percutaneous needle tenotomy is a frequent use alternative to open surgery to treat limb deformities.A lower extremity traction is performed in our unit during 2 to 7 days after surgery of the knee flexor muscles.The aim of this study is to describe the efficiency of lower extremity traction on the popliteal angle after percutaneous…
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