Table 3.
Swing Phase Gait Kinematic Parameters (Patients Without Concomitant Gastrocnemius Recession or Tendo-Achilles Lengthening Only, N = 18)
Presurgery | Postsurgery | Change | |||||
Mean (SD) | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | P Value | |
Mean DF (deg) | −12 (14) | −44 to 8 | −8 (12) | −38 to 10 | 3 (15) | −29 to 43 | 0.38 |
Max DF (deg) | −5 (12) | −31 to 15 | −3 (13) | −36 to 16 | 2 (15) | −28 to 36 | 0.54 |
DF timing (% swing) | 56 (43) | 0 to 100 | 62 (34) | 0 to 100 | 7 (53) | −100 to 100 | 0.60 |
DF = dorsiflexion