Antoni Caserta

Monash Health · Department of Allied Health

Introduction Lower limb apophyseal injuries commonly occur in children and adolescents with unknown incidence and prevalence. These conditions are considered benign, but impact children and adolescents quality of life and can lead to sport withdrawal at a crucial time. The primary aim of this research was to develop self-administered tools for two...

Objectives To explore how motor control interventions are conceptualised during treatment of children with idiopathic toe walking (ITW) by physiotherapists in Australia and USA. Design A thematic content framework qualitative design was used to triangular the theories underpinning motor control interventions and participant responses. Participant...

Background Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is an exclusionary diagnosis given when children toe walk without a medical reason. Treatment effectiveness studies rarely collect data other than ankle range of motion or presence of toe walking. Research Question To develop a set of outcome measures identified by health professionals for use when providing...

Objectives To determine if children with idiopathic toe walking (ITW) reach Australian 24-hour movement guidelines. Additional objectives were to identify any factors associated with moderate to vigorous physical activity time of children with ITW. Design Cross sectional. Setting Private practice, public health outpatient, community clinics. Par...

Background Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is an exclusionary diagnosis. There has been limited exploration of lower limb active range of motion and strength measures in children with ITW. This researched aimed to determine any differences in lower limb muscle active range of motion and strength in children who have ITW, compared to normative data col...

Introduction There is diversity in outcome measures used during monitoring and treatment of the exclusionary diagnosis idiopathic toe walking (ITW) in children. This diversity makes synthesis of treatment effects difficult. The primary aim of this research was to develop a core set of outcome measures identified by health professionals for use when...

Background: Valid and reliable outcome measure enable measurement of health care service impact. There are limited valid and reliable outcome measures for use in podiatry practice to measure the impact of treatment. This research aimed to test the face validity of the AusTOMs for Physiotherapy (AusTOMs-PT), it's adaptability to podiatry clinical p...

Background: Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is an exclusionary diagnosis given to healthy children who persist in walking on their toes after they should typically have achieved a heel-toe gait. The literature discusses conservative and surgical interventions using a variety of treatment modalities. Young children and children without a limitation in...

Background Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is a diagnosis of exclusion for children walking on their toes with no medical cause. This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate the clinical utility, validity and reliability of the outcome measures and tools used to quantify lower limb changes within studies that included children with ITW. Meth...

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of conservative and surgical interventions on gait normalisation, ankle range of motion, and pain in children with idiopathic toe walking (ITW), identifying adverse effects of the interventions and the frequency of recurrence. © 2016 The...

Objectives: The weight bearing lunge test is increasing being used by health care clinicians who treat lower limb and foot pathology. This measure is commonly established accurately and reliably with the use of expensive equipment. This study aims to compare the digital inclinometer with a free app, TiltMeter on an Apple iPhone. Design: This was...