Gait compensation among children with non-operative Legg–Calvé–Perthes Disease: a systematic review

Mashabi, Abdulrhman, Abdallat, Rula, Alghamdi, Mohammed S. and Al-Amri, Mohammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-0462 2024. Gait compensation among children with non-operative Legg–Calvé–Perthes Disease: a systematic review. Healthcare 12 (9) , 895. 10.3390/healthcare12090895

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Abstract

Perthes disease is a condition that affects walking patterns in young children due to poor blood circulation in the hip joint. Understanding the gait strategies of affected children is of great importance for an objective assessment and better management of this condition. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the current literature to identify gait compensation patterns in non-operative children with Perthes disease. Methods: A systematic electronic search was performed using MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, BIOSIS, and the Cochrane Library to identify studies published from inception up until December 2023. An adapted Downs and Black checklist was utilised to assess methodological quality and project risk of bias. Percentage agreement and nominal kappa statistics with bootstrapped bias-corrected 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used. Result: A comprehensive literature search revealed 277 citations for review, of which 210 studies entered full-text screening. In total, eight studies met the inclusion criteria for quality assessment by two independent reviewers. The results revealed variations in data quality, with scores ranging from 12 to 17 due to missing information related to subject characteristics, biomechanical model, and power calculation. Conclusions: This review reveals common compensation strategies associated with walking among non-operative children with Perthes disease such as Trendelenburg gait due to weakness of the hip abductor muscle.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: open-access
Publisher:	MDPI
ISSN:	2227-9032
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 May 2024
Date of Acceptance:	20 April 2024
Last Modified:	08 May 2024 09:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/168766

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