The electromyographic characteristics of the functional state of leg and foot muscles of children in different periods after congenital clubfoot correction

The dynamics of functional state of the leg and foot muscles in children was analyzed after surgical correction of uni- and bilateral clubfoot by the data of electromyography. 35 patients at the age of 5-10 years with typical form of congenital clubfoot were examined before treatment and in different periods (within 1-40 months) after its completion. The surgical correction of congenital clubfoot, based on using surgical technologies worked out at RISC «RTO» was demonstrated to induce phase adaptive reorganizations in the system of regulating the activity of muscles maintaining the ankle. The data obtained evidence the expediency of periodic EMG-controlling of the functional state of operated limb muscles for the purpose of their function guided correction using specialized means of both kinesitherapy and physical therapy.