The main principles of lower extremity orthotics in children with sequels of an infantile cerebral palsy
There have been considered the forms of clinical manifestations of an infantile cerebral palsy as well as potential deformities of lower extremity joints, with it their formation has been caused by the muscle spasticity and depends on the fact of established hypertonus of the muscles, the extent of its expressiveness, the fullness and correctness of carrying out the medical-prophylactic measures. There has been substantiated the necessity of a compulsory removal of existing deformities by conservative and/or surgical methods, the early use of orthotic means that must beperformed stage by stage one and functionally.There have been presented the means of orthotics and constructive features of used orthoses taking in consideration the localization of deformities (ankle-joint, knee-joint and hip joint), and expressiveness of pathological changes, as well as the age of children.