A treatise on orthopedic surgery . of the functional use, which is made pos-sible by the removal of the deformity and by the employment ofproper support. Equinus, more often than any other deformity,is the result of slight or temporary disability of the anteriorgroup of muscles, and not infrequently perfect cure seems tohave been attained when the plaster bandage is finally removed,usually at the end of two months or more; but even in suchcases the application of a simple support to hold the foot at a DEFOBMITIES OF TEE FOOT. 855 right angle with the leg for several months is advisable while a
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . of the functional use, which is made pos-sible by the removal of the deformity and by the employment ofproper support. Equinus, more often than any other deformity,is the result of slight or temporary disability of the anteriorgroup of muscles, and not infrequently perfect cure seems tohave been attained when the plaster bandage is finally removed,usually at the end of two months or more; but even in suchcases the application of a simple support to hold the foot at a DEFOBMITIES OF TEE FOOT. 855 right angle with the leg for several months is advisable while ahigher brace to hold the foot during the night in the originalattitude of overcorrection is an effective means of preventingrelapse. The after-treatment by massage, muscle-beating, elec-tricity, and the like, combined with methodical passive move-ments to the limit of dorsal flexion to guard against recontrac-tion of the calf muscle, should be continued for a long time oruntil the muscular balance has been regained. Fig. 579. fTs.
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