Now, 3.5 years after surgery, the patient has a
plantigrade foot and uses regular shoes.
Expert consultation yielding a correct diagnosis is often delayed, resulting in advanced disease, lost
plantigrade foot alignment, and imminent complications.
Further followup of these children at monthly interval for one year has shown no recurrence and
plantigrade foot is maintained.
Although our patient had a stable
plantigrade foot with minimal deficits in hindfoot and midfoot range-of-motion and had returned to work as a laboratory technician, he had persistent problems with prolonged walking and heavy activities.
limbatus gloriosus * limbatus ([dagger]) ([double dagger]) Throchophore 11 h 7 h 9 h D-larvae 21 h 17 h 26 h Pediveliger 12 days 14 days 12 days Postlarvae 21 days -- 16 days
Plantigrade 2 mo -- 3 mo Source: * Parnell (2002), ([dagger]) Soria et al.
Severe nonweight-bearing lameness with a
plantigrade stance was noted in the left pelvic limb (Fig 1).
Hind limbs weakness, episodic spasticity of forelimbs,
plantigrade positioning, impaired jumping, flaccid paresis associated to hyporeflexia, dysphagia, respiratory distress, lethargy, and mental depression have been described (ASH et al., 2005; DJAJADININGRAT-LAANEN et al., 2011).
5-6), the trackway is digitigrade rather than
plantigrade, lacking any clear sole or palm impressions (Fig.
The
plantigrade locomotion in combination with the dysfunctional Achilles tendon and the resulting immobility of the heel further aggravated the pressure on the wound.
The size of
plantigrade ranged 250-729[micro]m in APM.
When instead of point feet the double inverted pendulum model is fitted with arc-shape feet, mimicking the human
plantigrade foot, the center of pressure (COP) is able to move forward along the curved foot.
We walk
plantigrade (foot flat on the ground during the stance phase) whereas other mammals walk digitigrade (on their toes).
