Exploring the rationale for prescribing ankle-foot orthoses and supramalleolar orthoses to children with cerebral palsy among pediatric orthotists in Australia

The rationale for the orthotic prescription should be aligned with the child/family's treatment goals. With a clear focus on treatment goals, the rationale for prescribing either ankle-foot orthoses or supramalleolar orthoses could be clearer if clinicians focused on key primary factors (eg, presence of crouch gait) and then optimized the prescription using a range of secondary factors (eg, body mass).