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1552027 Measurement of the popliteal angle is used to assess hamstring contracture in children with cerebral palsy. The popliteal angle in 482 normal children, 1-10 years of age, was measured. Using a 360 degrees goniometer, the popliteal angle was measured with the hip held at 90 degrees flexion to indicate hamstring muscle tightness. Between the ages of 1 and 3 years, the mean angle was 6 degrees (range, 0-15). A popliteal angle of greater than 50 degrees in the above age groups indicates abnormal hamstring tightness. See also PMID 24082922 Movie Source - Paul D. Larsen Movies from the PediNeuroLogic Exam website are used by permission of Paul D. Larsen, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center and Suzanne S. Stensaas, Ph.D., University of Utah School of Medicine. Additional materials were drawn from resources provided by Alejandro Stern, Stern Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Kathleen Digre, M.D., University of Utah; and Daniel Jacobson, M.D., Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin. The movies are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Links: Neural Exam Movies | Movies Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2023, August 1) Embryology Neural Exam - Newborn tone - popliteal angle. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Neural_Exam_-_Newborn_tone_-_popliteal_angle What Links Here? © Dr Mark Hill 2023, UNSW Embryology ISBN: 978 0 7334 2609 4 - UNSW CRICOS Provider Code No. 00098G Retrieved from ‘https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php?title=Neural_Exam_-_Newborn_tone_-_popliteal_angle&oldid=140593’ Categories: Movies Postnatal Neural Human Neonatal Tools What links here Related changes Special pages Printable version Permanent link Page information This page was last modified on 11 August 2014, at 10:59. Privacy policy About Embryology Disclaimers
