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Table 2 The Bangla clubfoot tool combined three domains of parent satisfaction, gait, and clinical examination (total score from 11 points, then rated as a percentage)

From: Walk for life - the National Clubfoot Project of Bangladesh: the four-year outcomes of 150 congenital clubfoot cases following Ponseti method

A. Parental rating

Yes

+1

Don’t know

0

No

−1

Mean scores (%)

‘Rating’

#

1. Happy with child’s feet?

96

3

0

97

 

2. Recommend to others?

94

5

0

95

 

3. Does child play with others?

97

2

0

98

 

4. Does child wear shoes of choice?

55

33

11

44

~

5. Does child have pain?

91

4

4

85

 

Parental Rating sub score

   

4.19/5 (84 %)

‘Good’

B. Gait assessment

Yes

+1

Not fully/with assistance

0

No

−1

Mean scores (%)

 

6. Squatting

84

14

1

84

 

7. Walking

98

1

0

99

 

8. Running

98

1

0

99

 

9. Up/down steps

95

4

0

96

 

Gait assessment sub score

   

3.75/4 (94 %)

‘Very good’

C. Clinical examination

Valgus

+1

Straight

0

Varus

−1

Mean scores (%)

 

10. Heel position - left

3

60

13

13

 

Heel position - right

4

65

11

9

 
 

>0 dorsiflexion

+1

0/90 degrees

0

<0 dorsiflexion

−1

Mean scores (%)

 

11. Ankle range - left

65

11

0

79

 

Ankle range - right

70

8

2

85

 

Clinical examination sub score

   

1.30/2 (65 %)

a

‘Fair’

Total score

   

9.24/11 (84 %)

‘Good’

  1. # Ratings
  2. Very good: 85–100 %, Good: 70 – 85 %, Fair: 60–70 %, Poor: <50 %
  3. ~ many children were did not have shoes
  4. aNote: Scores for bilateral cases were halved to achieve same scale/foot for section C/clinical examination