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Researchers are still unsure what causes idiopathic toe walking in children, although data here shown that 30% of children who are idiopathic toe walkers have a family history.
The behavior is usually learned when a child first learns to walk, according to Kinsey Herrin, MSPO, CO, Georgia State University, who presented data from a study comparing rigid footplates with articulated AFOs to control the behavior.
"We want to break the toe walking. We don't want to put them in a device and keep them in a device. We want them in it and out of it," Herrin said.
The paper was a Thranhardt Lecture finalist presented at the American Academy...