Determine the relationship between the PBS-score and treatment recommendations provided by senior pediatric orthopedic surgeons.
In conjunction with the assessments of video documented PBS-score items (described in Study I), treatment recommendations from six to eight experienced pediatric orthopedic surgeons from four different countries will be collected. Their recommendations will be based on the included items of the PBS-score, and patient history including age of the child, Pirani score, initial treatment (need for tenotomy), and reported compliance to orthotic use.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
55
Therapeutic recommendations from orthopedic surgeons, will be summarized and described
Astrid Lindgren Children´s Hospital
Stockholm, Region Stockholm, Sweden
Treatment recommendations
Treatment recommendations from eight to ten experienced pediatric orthopedic surgeons will be collected. Their recommendations will be based on the included items of the Pirani Böhm Sinclair, PBS-score, the lowest score with 7 points being the best and 18 points the worst. The patient history including age of the child, Pirani score minimum 0 and maximum score is 6, the higher, the more severe deformity. Initial treatment (need for Achilles tenotomy), and reported compliance to orthotic use.
Time frame: 1 year
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