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World J Orthop. Jun 18, 2019; 10(6): 235-246
Published online Jun 18, 2019. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v10.i6.235
Functional physiotherapy method results for the treatment of idiopathic clubfoot
Noriela Carmen García-González, Jorge Hodgson-Ravina, Armando Aguirre-Jaime
Noriela Carmen García-González, Jorge Hodgson-Ravina, Armando Aguirre-Jaime, Servicio de Rehabilitación, Servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Unidad de Investigación Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38010, Spain
Armando Aguirre-Jaime, Colegio de Enfermería, Laureate International Universities, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38001, Spain
Author contributions: García-González NC conceived the study and helped with design, performed procedures, acquired data, analyzed results and wrote the manuscript; Aguirre-Jaime A helped with study conception and designed the study, and with the writing of the manuscript, processed data, and interpreted results; Hodgson-Ravina J performed procedures and collected data; All authors reviewed and approved the final version of manuscript prior to submission.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by The Ethics Committee of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital.
Informed consent statement: Parents were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each parent agreed to standard treatment by verbal consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflicts-of-interest related to this article.
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Corresponding author: Noriela Carmen García-González, BSc, MSc, Physiotherapist, Servicio de Rehabilitación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Carretera del Rosario 145, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38010, Spain. ngargon@gobiernodecanarias.org
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Received: March 18, 2019
Peer-review started: March 19, 2019
First decision: April 15, 2019
Revised: May 9, 2019
Accepted: May 21, 2019
Article in press: May 22, 2019
Published online: June 18, 2019
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Core Tip

Core tip: We have compared the clinical results of the treatment of idiopathic clubfoot in the context of the improvement accomplished and the frequency of surgery needed to achieve a plantigrade foot with two Functional physiotherapy methods: Robert Debré (RD) and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (SVP). Both approaches managed to avoid complete surgery, which shows that the physiotherapies achieve a more flexible foot, allowing a more conservative surgery. Our data indicate that the SVP method achieves prolonged correction of deformities more efficiently than the RD method; the best advantage of the SVP method over the RD method was the greater number of cases without any surgery.