Effect of Lower Extremity Traction on the Popliteal Angle After Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy of the Knee Flexor Muscles.

Effect of Lower Extremity Traction on the Popliteal Angle After Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy of the Knee Flexor Muscles.

People with neuromotor disability (i.e. following an inborn or acquired spinal cord, cerebral or peripheral neurological lesion) are at risk of neuro-orthopaedic disorders. Microinvasive percutaneous needle tenotomy is a frequent use alternative to open surgery to treat limb deformities. A lower extremity traction is performed in our unit during 2 to 7 days after surgery of the knee flexor muscles.

The aim of this study is to describe the efficiency of lower extremity traction on the popliteal angle after percutaneous needle tenotomy of the knee flexor muscles.

This is a prospective, monocentric, cohort study of neurological disabled inpatients subjects treated in the perioperative disability unit (UPOH) of our university hospital for limb deformities by percutaneous needle tenotomy of the knee flexor muscles.

All eligible inpatient subjects with neuromotor disability and admitted for the treatment of limb deformities by percutaneous needle tenotomy of the knee flexor muscles will be consecutively included.

Data will be collected from the patients' medical records, in particular data related to their clinical, radiological, biological, and physiological examinations.

This is a routine care study; no procedures are added for research purposes. It is an ancillary study to the NO-AGING study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients >= 18 years old ;
• Treated in the Perioperative Disability Unit (UPOH) of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department of our university hospital;
• Admitted for the treatment of limb deformities by percutaneous needle tenotomy of the knee flexor muscles ;
• Having a neuromotor disability;
• No opposition to be enrolled in the study from the patient, or from a legally authorized close relative if the patient's state of health does not allow it;
• Affiliation to a social security scheme.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Associated open surgery ;
• Associated bone surgery ;
• Under court protection.