Print Email Facebook Twitter Responsiveness of the Foot Profile Score in children with hemiplegia Title Responsiveness of the Foot Profile Score in children with hemiplegia Author McCahill, Jennifer (University of Oxford; Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre; Amsterdam UMC) Stebbins, Julie (University of Oxford; Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre) Prescott, Robin J. (University of Edinburgh) Harlaar, J. (TU Delft Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control; Erasmus MC) Theologis, Tim (University of Oxford; Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre) Date 2022 Abstract Background: The Foot Profile Score (FPS) is a single score that summarises foot posture and dynamic foot motion during the gait cycle based on the kinematic data of the Oxford Foot Model. The FPS enables clinicians and researchers to quantify foot abnormalities during gait, to monitor change in foot/ankle motion over time, and to measure the outcome of intervention. With the creation of a new outcome measure, it is important to test its responsiveness in a clinical population for whom it may be sensitive to change. Aim: To evaluate the responsiveness of the FPS in a clinical population following isolated foot and ankle surgery. Methods: Using previous work completed to validate the FPS, we defined the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the FPS. Using this MCID, we applied it to a clinical population of 37 children with cerebral palsy, spastic hemiplegia, comparing their FPS before and after foot and ankle surgery. A regression analysis looked at potential relationships between the change in FPS and their pre-operative FPS, age at surgery, and time since surgery. Results: An MCID of 2.4 degrees was calculated through regression analysis. The mean change from the pre-operative FPS to the post-operative FPS was 4.6 (SD 3.7 with a range from −0.1 to 13.4). Twenty-eight children (76%) had a change in their FPS greater than the MCID. A regression analyses only showed a clear regression between pre-operative FPS and change in FPS (R2 = 0.58 p < 0.01). Subject Foot Profile ScoreFoot surgeryHemiplegiaKinematics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3cea87ab-f34e-427a-9cb2-afa440d4f86b DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.04.012 Embargo date 2022-10-29 ISSN 0966-6362 Source Gait & Posture, 95, 160-163 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2022 Jennifer McCahill, Julie Stebbins, Robin J. Prescott, J. Harlaar, Tim Theologis Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0966636222001059_main.pdf 1.01 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3cea87ab-f34e-427a-9cb2-afa440d4f86b/datastream/OBJ/view