Parental Reviews On Outcome 0f Night Splints In Children With Spastic Diplegia - A Regional Survey In Kerala, India

ABSTRACT

Orthotic supports play a very vital role in preventing limb deformities and supporting it in its functions. The aims and objectives of prescribing an orthotic splint for children with cerebral palsy varies widely. Basically there are two types of splints – Supportive & Positional splints. Positional splints aims to improve and maintain muscle lengths and joint positions. These are usually prescribed as night splints. However, how far these splinting meet its expectations are not known. In this survey, we studied the parents’ satisfaction range of 68 cases with spastic cerebral palsy and presented along with our inference.