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This study aimed to examine the duration, course, and outcome of orthotic treatment in children with clubfoot.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>321 children with clubfoot, born between 2015 and 2017, registered in the Swedish Pediatric Orthopedic Quality Register (SPOQ), were included in this prospective cohort study. Data on deformity characteristics and orthotic treatment were extracted. For children with bilateral clubfoot, one foot was included in the analysis.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Of the 288 children with isolated clubfoot, 274 children (95.5%) were prescribed an FAO, and 100 children (35%) changed orthosis type before 4 years of age. Of the 33 children with non-isolated clubfoot, 25 children (76%) were prescribed an FAO, and 21 children (64%) changed orthosis type before 4 years of age. 220 children with isolated clubfoot (76%), and 28 children with non-isolated clubfoot (84%) continued orthotic treatment until 4 years of age or longer. Among children with isolated clubfoot, children ending orthotic treatment before 4 years of age (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200963) had lower Pirani scores at birth compared to children ending orthotic treatment at\/after 4 years of age (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009219) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01). It was more common to change orthosis type among children ending orthotic treatment before 4 years of age (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.031).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The majority of children with clubfoot in Sweden are treated with an FAO during the maintenance phase. The proportion of children changing orthosis type was significantly greater and the Pirani score at diagnosis was lower significantly among children ending orthotic treatment before 4 years of age. Long-term follow-up studies are warranted to fully understand how to optimize, and individualize, orthotic treatment with respect to foot involvement and severity of deformity.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Level of evidence<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>II.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12891-024-07544-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,31]],"date-time":"2024-05-31T12:11:03Z","timestamp":1717157463000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Duration and outcome of orthotic treatment in children with clubfoot \u2013 a four-year follow-up national register study of Swedish children born between 2015 and 2017"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Josefine Eriksson","family":"Naili","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Malin","family":"Lindeberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna-Clara","family":"Esbj\u00f6rnsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,31]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"7544_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"595","DOI":"10.1002\/ajmg.a.61067","volume":"179","author":"H Wang","year":"2019","unstructured":"Wang H, Barisic I, Loane M, Addor MC, Bailey LM, Gatt M, et al. 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