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Gastrocnemius contracture

MedGen UID:
1053174
Concept ID:
CN376962
Finding
HPO: HP:6000366

Definition

Limitation of simultaneous ankle dorsiflexion and knee extension during mid-stance of gait. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVGastrocnemius contracture

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Lv ML, Zhang H, Chen L, Liu Y, Wang F, Wong DW, Sun L, Ni M
Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2021 Jun;24(8):913-921. Epub 2020 Dec 15 doi: 10.1080/10255842.2020.1858817. PMID: 33320018
Huang DM, Chou AC, Yeo NE, Singh IR
Ann Acad Med Singap 2018 Dec;47(12):509-515. PMID: 30636267

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lee SH, Suh DH, Kim HJ, Jang WY, Park YH, Sung HJ, Choi GW
J Foot Ankle Surg 2021 Jul-Aug;60(4):733-737. Epub 2021 Mar 6 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2021.02.004. PMID: 33771432
Busquets R, Sanchez-Raya J, Sallent A, Maled I, Duarri G
Foot Ankle Surg 2020 Oct;26(7):828-832. Epub 2019 Dec 7 doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2019.10.013. PMID: 31874790
Jastifer JR, Marston J
Foot Ankle Int 2016 Nov;37(11):1165-1170. Epub 2016 Jul 22 doi: 10.1177/1071100716659749. PMID: 27450448
Morales-Muñoz P, De Los Santos Real R, Barrio Sanz P, Pérez JL, Varas Navas J, Escalera Alonso J
Foot Ankle Int 2016 Jul;37(7):782-9. Epub 2016 Apr 1 doi: 10.1177/1071100716640612. PMID: 27036137
DiGiovanni CW, Kuo R, Tejwani N, Price R, Hansen ST Jr, Cziernecki J, Sangeorzan BJ
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2002 Jun;84(6):962-70. doi: 10.2106/00004623-200206000-00010. PMID: 12063330

Diagnosis

Slullitel G, Calvi JP
Foot Ankle Clin 2019 Dec;24(4):649-655. Epub 2019 Sep 17 doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2019.08.003. PMID: 31653369
Solan MC, Carne A, Davies MS
Foot Ankle Clin 2014 Dec;19(4):719-38. Epub 2014 Oct 3 doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2014.08.010. PMID: 25456718
Amis J
Foot Ankle Clin 2014 Dec;19(4):637-47. Epub 2014 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2014.08.001. PMID: 25456713
Singh D
Foot Ankle Surg 2013 Jun;19(2):135-8. Epub 2013 Jan 16 doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2012.12.002. PMID: 23548458
DiGiovanni CW, Kuo R, Tejwani N, Price R, Hansen ST Jr, Cziernecki J, Sangeorzan BJ
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2002 Jun;84(6):962-70. doi: 10.2106/00004623-200206000-00010. PMID: 12063330

Therapy

Arshad Z, Aslam A, Razzaq MA, Bhatia M
Foot Ankle Int 2022 Apr;43(4):568-575. Epub 2021 Nov 12 doi: 10.1177/10711007211052290. PMID: 34766860Free PMC Article
Cortina RE, Morris BL, Vopat BG
Foot Ankle Clin 2018 Mar;23(1):57-68. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2017.09.006. PMID: 29362034
Villanueva M, Iborra Á, Rodríguez G, Sanz-Ruiz P
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2016 Oct 3;17(1):409. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1265-7. PMID: 27716217Free PMC Article
Barske HL, DiGiovanni BF, Douglass M, Nawoczenski DA
Foot Ankle Int 2012 Oct;33(10):915-21. doi: 10.3113/FAI.2012.0915. PMID: 23050719
Chimera NJ, Castro M, Manal K
Foot Ankle Int 2010 May;31(5):377-84. doi: 10.3113/FAI.2010.0377. PMID: 20460063

Prognosis

Huang DM, Chou AC, Yeo NE, Singh IR
Ann Acad Med Singap 2018 Dec;47(12):509-515. PMID: 30636267
Jastifer JR, Green A
Foot Ankle Int 2017 Dec;38(12):1362-1366. Epub 2017 Sep 9 doi: 10.1177/1071100717728860. PMID: 28891302
Holtmann JA, Südkamp NP, Schmal H, Mehlhorn AT
J Foot Ankle Surg 2017 May-Jun;56(3):589-593. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2017.01.037. PMID: 28476392
Miao XD, Jiang H, Wu YP, Tao HM, Yang DS, Hu H
J Foot Ankle Surg 2016 May-Jun;55(3):529-34. Epub 2016 Feb 11 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2016.01.016. PMID: 26874831
Maskill JD, Bohay DR, Anderson JG
Foot Ankle Int 2010 Jan;31(1):19-23. doi: 10.3113/FAI.2010.0019. PMID: 20067718

Clinical prediction guides

Smith JT, Michalski MP, Greene BD, Parker EB, Broughton KK, Bluman EM, Chiodo CP
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2023 Jan 1;31(1):49-56. Epub 2022 Nov 3 doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-22-00343. PMID: 36548153
Arshad Z, Al Shdefat S, Iqbal AM, Bhatia M
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2022 Dec;30(12):4189-4197. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-07039-7. PMID: 35821527Free PMC Article
Arshad Z, Aslam A, Razzaq MA, Bhatia M
Foot Ankle Int 2022 Apr;43(4):568-575. Epub 2021 Nov 12 doi: 10.1177/10711007211052290. PMID: 34766860Free PMC Article
Busquets R, Sanchez-Raya J, Sallent A, Maled I, Duarri G
Foot Ankle Surg 2020 Oct;26(7):828-832. Epub 2019 Dec 7 doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2019.10.013. PMID: 31874790
Chan O, Malhotra K, Buraimoh O, Cullen N, Welck M, Goldberg A, Singh D
Foot Ankle Surg 2019 Aug;25(4):517-522. Epub 2018 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2018.04.002. PMID: 30321953

Recent systematic reviews

Arshad Z, Al Shdefat S, Iqbal AM, Bhatia M
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2022 Dec;30(12):4189-4197. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-07039-7. PMID: 35821527Free PMC Article
Arshad Z, Aslam A, Razzaq MA, Bhatia M
Foot Ankle Int 2022 Apr;43(4):568-575. Epub 2021 Nov 12 doi: 10.1177/10711007211052290. PMID: 34766860Free PMC Article

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