Table 1.

Initial series of casts

Patient number	Foot	Initial visit			Initial series of casts		Completion of initial series of casts
		Age (months)	Scores*	Maximum passive DF	Number of casts	Second tenotomy	Scores*	Maximum passive DF	Initial braces
1	Right	4.0	17, 4.0	−45°	4	No	2, 0.5	0º	FAO full-time
	Left		17, 4.0	−45°	4	No	2, 0.5	0º
2	Right	5.0	17, 6.0	−45°	9	Yes	7, 1.5	15º	Solid AFOs day
	Left		17, 6.0	−45°	9	Yes	8, 1.5	15º	KAFOs night (ratcheting knee)
3	Right	5.0	17, 6.0	−25°	4	No	3, 2.0	40º	Solid AFOs full-time
4	Right	3.0	15, 6.0	−75°	6	No	3, 1.0	30º	Solid AFOs day
	Left		15, 6.0	−75°	6	No	3, 1.0	30º	DF AFOs night
5	Right	40.0	18, 4.0	−45°	12	Yes	8, 1.5	0º	Solid AFOs full-time
	Left		18, 4.0	−45°	12	Yes	9, 2.0	0º
6	Right	13.0	18, 6.0	−45°	9	No	5, 1.0	0º	Solid AFOs day
	Left		18, 6.0	−45°	9	No	6, 1.0	0º	KAFOs night
7	Right	34.5	16, 5.5	−30°	11	Yes	7, 0.0	15º	Solid AFOs day
	Left		18, 5.0	−30°	11	Yes	6, 0.0	15º	KAFOs night (ratcheting knee)
8	Right	10.0	13, 5.0	−45°	9	Yes	3, 1.0	0º	Solid AFOs day
	Left		13, 5.0	−45°	9	Yes	2, 1.0	20º	KAFOs night (ratcheting knee)
9	Right	16.5	16, 5.0	−20°	7	Yes	5, 1.0	0º	Solid AFOs day
	Left		16, 5.0	−20°	7	Yes	5, 1.0	0º	DF AFOs night
10	Right	30.5	12, 2.0	−60°	4	No	6, 0.5	0º	Solid AFOs day
	Left		12, 1.5	−60°	4	No	5, 0.0	0º	KAFOs night (ratcheting knee)
Mean		16.2	16, 4.8	−44.5°	7.7		5, 0.9	9.5°
(range)		(3.0–40.0)	(12–18), (1.5–6.0)	(−75° to −20°)	(4–12)		(2–9), (0–2.0)	(0°–40°)

* Dimeglia/Bensahel, Catterall/Pirani; DF = dorsiflexion; FAO = foot abduction orthosis; AFO = ankle–foot orthosis; KAFO = knee-ankle-foot orthosis.