Gait Plates with Russell Dovison

Paediatric in-toed gait is a common source of referral to podiatrists. Sometimes the in-toed gait pattern is associated with pain, fatigue, tripping, uneven shoe-wear

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Paediatric in-toed gait is a common source of referral to podiatrists. Sometimes the in-toed gait pattern is associated with pain, fatigue, tripping, uneven shoe-wear and other symptoms that necessitate treatment.

One treatment frequently combined in the management of in-toed gait is the orthotic device with a gait plate extension. Very few studies have investigated the effectiveness of the gait plate extension, although some promising results were reported in a recent systematic review by Uden and Kumar (2012)[1]. They reported some limited evidence that ‘gait plates’ and ‘orthotic devices with a gait plate extension’ may assist in the management of a paediatric in-toed gait pattern.

To get a clinical perspective on the prescription of the gait plate addition, we caught up with experienced podiatrist Russell Dovison from Bayside Podiatry.

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