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Eur J Pediatr Surg 1990; 45: 32-33
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042632
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042632
Original article
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Ambulation Status of Adults with Myelomeningocele
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Publication History
Publication Date:
25 March 2008 (online)
Abstract
The current ambulation status of 87 adults with myelomeningocoele who had been ambulant with calipers as children was reviewed - 23 patients were community ambulators, while 58 had become wheelchair-bound. The majority of patients in the study group found calipers uncomfortable to wear, and almost half of the group developed pressure sores directly related to their calipers.
Key words
Ambulation - Calipers - Myelomeningocoele