Idiopathic Toe Walking and Left Handedness

Acta Pediatrica recently published research that children with a diagnosis of idiopathic toe walking have a higher incidence of left handedness. It was a small sample size of 19 Australian boys and 11 girls with a diagnosis of idiopathic toe walking and 30 in the control group. The average age was 6 years old and the children had otherwise normal neurological examinations. The results of the study were the following: 27 of the control group preferred their right hand and 3 preferred their left hand compared to 18 of the children in the toe walking group preferred their right hand and 10 preferred their left hand.

Do you find in your practice that children with idiopathic toe walking are left handed?

Reference: Wall Street Journal. Left-Handedness May Come From Toes. Retrieved from the web on 12/28/11 at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052970203479104577122733533236086.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments