How do you utilize cerebral palsy rehabilitation guidelines in the prescription of lower limb orthoses?

Abstract

The Japanese guideline for rehabilitation of cerebral palsy was revised by the Japanese Associatiation of Rehabilitation medicine in 2014. The main theme of this revision was to be practical and evidence based. We couldn’t but lower the evidence level and the utility of guidelines because of budgetary limitations and personnel organization. However, the guidelines are important and we herein summarize our current understanding of this new viewpoint and the future direction we hope to take.