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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2011 May 26;34(2):197–201. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.04.009

Table 3. Pre-Operative Data and Predictions for a Hypothetical Subject with Crouch Gait.

Subject has excess tibial torsion and short and slow hamstrings at his first gait visit

First-Visit Variable Coefficient Subject
Value
Δ Expected
Improvement
Strength Score [24] 1.28 0.26 0.333
Ipsilateral Mean Stance Knee Flexion (°) 0.898 38.0 34.1
Contralateral Mean Stance Knee Flexion (°) −0.235 34.6 −8.13
Gait Deviation Index [29] −0.136 64.9 −8.83
Mean Pelvic Tilt (°) −0.213 15.7 −3.34
Knee Flex Vel at Toe-Off (°/% Gait Cycle) 2.54 1.05 2.67
Mean Stance Ankle Dorsiflexion (°) 0.137 10.7 1.47
Prior Tendo-Achilles Lengthening (1/0) −3.04 YES −3.04
Planned Patellar Advance/FEO (1/0)* 9.36 NO 0
Planned FDO (1/0)* 3.87 YES 3.87
Triplegic Subtype (1/0) 5.36 NO 0
Quadriplegic Subtype (1/0) 6.11 NO 6.11
Multiple Qualifying Visit Pairs (1/0) −5.45 NO 0
Constant −18.7 −18.7
Expected Improvement without Hamstrings Lengthening or TDO ~6.5°
Expected Improvement with Hamstrings Lengthening and/or TDO ~13°
*

The clinical team has decided to perform a femoral derotation osteotomy for this hypothetical subject, but not a patellar advance.

This is the first time the patient has visited the gait lab exhibiting a moderate crouch gait pattern