Dr. Tom F Novacheck MD
Orthopedist
200 University Ave E Saint Paul MN, 55101Rating
4/5
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Tom Novacheck, M.D., is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who specializes in treating cerebral palsy, scoliosis or other complex orthopedic conditions in children and adolescents. He is also director of ...
Education and Training
Univ of Wi Med Sch, Madison Wi 1985
New Jersey College of Dentistry 1985
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Reliability and validity of the Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire as an outcome measure in children with walking disabilities.
- A tool for quantifying hip flexor function during gait.
- An update on the treatment of gait problems in cerebral palsy.
- Intramuscular psoas lengthening improves dynamic hip function in children with cerebral palsy.
- Comprehensive short-term outcome assessment of selective dorsal rhizotomy.
- Distal femoral extension osteotomy and patellar tendon advancement to treat
- Examination of the child with cerebral palsy.
- Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire 22-item skill set: factor and Rasch analyses.
- Is simultaneous hamstring lengthening necessary when performing distal femoral extension osteotomy and patellar tendon advancement?
- Evaluation of conventional selection criteria for psoas lengthening for individuals with cerebral palsy: a retrospective, case-controlled study.
- Predicting the outcome of intramuscular psoas lengthening in children with cerebral palsy using preoperative gait data and the random forest algorithm.
- Femoral derotational osteotomy: surgical indications and outcomes in children with cerebral palsy.
- Assessment of three-dimensional lumbar spine vertebral motion during gait with use of indwelling bone pins.
- A data driven model for optimal orthosis selection in children with cerebral palsy.
- Three-dimensional lumbar spine vertebral motion during running using indwelling bone pins.
Treatments
- Gait And Motion Analysis, Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Birth Defects
Fellowships
- Orthopaedic Surgery: Newington Childrens Hospital 1991
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