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    Range of motion in the cervical spine after odontoid fracture treated with anterior screw fixation.
    (2018) Wolan-Nieroda, Andżelina; Maciejczak, Andrzej; Guzik, Agnieszka; Przysada, Grzegorz; Szeliga, Ewa; Drużbicki, Mariusz
    ABSTRACT Introduction It is believed that direct odontoid screw fixation preserves the physiological cervical range of motion following surgery. However, there are no clinical studies confirming the motion sparing value of this technique. Objective. (1) to assess active cervical range of motion following type II and type III odontoid fracture, successfully treated with anterior odontoid screw fixation, (2) to examine the relationship between the range of motion of the head and: (i) duration of collar usage, (ii) neck pain, (iii) quality of life, and (iv) patients’ age. Material and method. The study involved 41 patients subjected to a procedure of direct osteosynthesis of the dens with lag screw. Following the operation all the patients had to wear a cervical collar to protect the osteosynthesis. The control group consisted of 41 individuals with no clinical diagnosis of any cervical spine disorders. Spinal motion was assessed using Multi-Cervical Unit, taking into account bending/extension, left and right lateral flexion, as well as left and right axial rotation. The ranges of motion in the study group were compared to the corresponding control data. Results. Compared to the controls, the study group presented significantly lower ranges of cervical movement (p<0.001). In the study group spine mobility correlated with the duration of hard collar usage following the operation, with a longer duration corresponding to poorer spine mobility at the end of the treatment. Statistically significant correlation was observed in the case of extension (p<0.021) and axial rotation (p<0.007). In the study group there was a negative correlation between the range of motion and the patients’ age, i.e. the older the patient the poorer his/her spinal mobility (p<0.001). The strongest correlation between age and range of motion was identified in the case of lateral flexion and axial rotation (p<0.001). The findings also showed a correlation between intensity of neck pain and range of motion (most significantly in lateral flexion p<0.005) where lower range of motion corresponded to greater neck pain. Conclusions. Active cervical range of motion in patients following direct osteosynthesis of the dens, augmented with hard collar, was significantly lower than in the control population and it correlated negatively with the duration of collar usage, the patients’ age and intensity of spinal pain.
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    The paediatric version of Wisconsin Gait Scale, adaptation for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a prospective observational study
    (2017) Guzik, Agnieszka; Drużbicki, Mariusz; Kwolek, Andrzej; Przysada, Grzegorz; Bazarnik-Mucha, Katarzyna; Szczepanik, Magdalena; Wolan-Nieroda, Andżelina; Sobolewski, Marek
    In clinical practice there is a need for a specific scale enabling detailed and multifactorial assessment of gait in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The objective of the study is to assess the Wisconsin Gait Scale (WGS) in terms of its inter- and intra-observer reliability in observational gait analysis of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The study was conducted in a group of 34 patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. At the first stage the original version of WGS was used to assess gait. At the second stage a modified WGS was introduced and the same video recordings were rescored using the new, paediatric version of WGS. Three independent examiners performed the assessment twice (two weeks apart). Inter and intra-observer reliability of the modified WGS were determined. The findings show very high inter- and intra-observer reliability of the modified WGS. This was reflected by a lack of systematically oriented differences between the repeated measurements, very high value of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient 0.9  |R| < 1, very high value of ICC > 0.9, and low value of CV< 2.5% for the specific physical therapists. The new, paediatric version of WGS is a promising tool to be used in qualitative observational gait assessment of children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The findings of the study have practical value as they show feasibility of the new, affordable, easy-to-use tool for gait assessment to be used in clinical practice specifically for children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy.