Nancy Lennon, PT,DPT

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Why I Treat Children

Because every child deserves to live the best version of their life. Making it easier for children to move about in their world is at the center of my work at Nemours. 

What I'm Passionate About

I am passionate about bringing technology to the care of children with limited walking and mobility.  While everyone, or most folks, enjoy a great animated movie or cool video game, the opportunity to use motion capture technology in planning the best treatments for children is even more cool!

How I Try to Make A Difference

I try to make a difference by understanding the conditions of the children we treat, having the knowledge and experience to make improvements, and working with Nemours teams to get it done.

  • Can the Shriners Hospital Upper Extremity Evaluation (SHUEE) Detect Change in Dynamic Position and Spontaneous Function of the Upper Limb in People with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy?; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2023).

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  • Commentary on "inpatient Physical Therapy after Orthopedic Lower Extremity Surgery in Children with Cerebral Palsy"; Pediatric Physical Therapy; (2023).

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  • Factors Associated With Short-Term Recovery Following Single-Event Multilevel Surgery for Children With Cerebral Palsy; Pediatric Physical Therapy; (2023).

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  • Is Standing Function Improved after Orthopaedic Surgery in Children with Cerebral Palsy at GMFCS Levels III/IV?; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2023).

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  • The effect of medial only versus medial and lateral hamstring lengthening on transverse gait parameters in cerebral palsy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B; (2023).

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  • Preoperative Biopsychosocial Assessment and Length of Stay in Orthopaedic Surgery Admissions of Youth with Cerebral Palsy; Behavioral Sciences; (2023).

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  • Residual Deformity and Outcome of Ambulatory Adults With Cerebral Palsy: A Long-term Longitudinal Assessment; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2022).

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  • Walking activity after multilevel orthopedic surgery in children with cerebral palsy; Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology; (2022).

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  • Comparison of surgical outcomes for distal rectus femoris transfer and resection surgeries in children with cerebral palsy with stiff knee gait; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2021).

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  • Factors associated with walking activity in adults with cerebral palsy; Gait and Posture; (2021).

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  • The change in sagittal plane gait patterns from childhood to maturity in bilateral cerebral palsy; Gait and Posture; (2021).

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  • Mobility and gait in adults with cerebral palsy: Evaluating change from adolescence; Gait and Posture; (2021).

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  • Well-Being of Ambulatory Adults With Cerebral Palsy: Education, Employment, and Physical Function of a Cohort Who Received Specialized Pediatric Care; Frontiers in Neurology; (2021).

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  • Aerobic Conditioning and Walking Activity Assessment in Cerebral Palsy: Energy Cost and Quantity of Walking; Cerebral Palsy: Second Edition; (2020).

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  • Cerebral Palsy: Second Edition; Cerebral Palsy: Second Edition; (2020).

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  • Preface; Cerebral Palsy: Second Edition; (2020).

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  • Therapy Management of the Child with Cerebral Palsy: An Overview; Cerebral Palsy: Second Edition; (2020).

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  • Long-term outcome of knee hyperextension in children with cerebral palsy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B; (2019).

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  • The long-term outcome of pelvic asymmetry during gait in children with cerebral palsy following unilateral femoral derotation osteotomy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B; (2019).

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  • Factors influencing post-surgical variability in StepWatch data in youth with cerebral palsy; Gait and Posture; (2019).

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  • Comparison of three-dimensional multi-segmental foot models used in clinical gait laboratories; Gait and Posture; (2018).

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  • Flexed-knee gait in children with cerebral palsy: A long-term follow-up study; Bone and Joint Journal; (2018).

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  • Gait Analysis Parameters and Walking Activity Pre- and Postoperatively in Children with Cerebral Palsy; Pediatric Physical Therapy; (2018).

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  • Patient-reported mobility function and engagement in young adults with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional sample; Journal of Children's Orthopaedics; (2018).

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  • The effect of plantar flexor lengthening on foot pressure in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B; (2018).

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  • Walking and physical activity monitoring in children with cerebral palsy; Handbook of Human Motion; (2018).

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  • Machine learning algorithms for activity recognition in ambulant children and adolescents with cerebral palsy; Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation; (2018).

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  • Longitudinal change in foot posture in children with cerebral palsy; Journal of Children's Orthopaedics; (2017).

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  • Persistence and recurrence following femoral derotational osteotomy in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2017).

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  • Pre-operative walking activity in youth with cerebral palsy; Research in Developmental Disabilities; (2017).

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  • Developing a clinical protocol for habitual physical activity monitoring in youth with cerebral palsy; Pediatric Physical Therapy; (2017).

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  • The effectiveness of posterior knee capsulotomies and knee extension osteotomies in crouched gait in children with cerebral palsy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B; (2016).

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  • Reliability and validity of Edinburgh visual gait score as an evaluation tool for children with cerebral palsy; Gait and Posture; (2016).

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  • Reliability and validity of objective measures of physical activity in youth with cerebral palsy who are ambulatory; Physical Therapy; (2016).

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  • Reliability and minimal detectable change in foot pressure measurements in typically developing children; Foot; (2016).

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  • Decision trees for detection of activity intensity in youth with cerebral palsy; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise; (2016).

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  • Validity of the OMNI rating of perceived exertion scale for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy; Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology; (2015).

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  • The clinimetric properties of aerobic and anaerobic fitness measures in adults with cerebral palsy: A systematic review of the literature; Research in Developmental Disabilities; (2015).

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  • Energy cost of walking in children with spastic cerebral palsy: Relationship with age, body composition and mobility capacity; Gait and Posture; (2014).

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  • Flexed-knee gait in children with cerebral palsy: A 10-year follow-up study; Journal of Children's Orthopaedics; (2013).

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  • Systematic review of the clinimetric properties of laboratory- and field-based aerobic and anaerobic fitness measures in children with cerebral palsy; Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; (2013).

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  • A comprehensive outcome comparison of surgical and Ponseti clubfoot treatments with reference to pediatric norms; Journal of Children's Orthopaedics; (2012).

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  • Commentary on “gross motor development in babies with treated idiopathic clubfoot”; Pediatric Physical Therapy; (2011).

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  • EMG reaction in muscles about the knee to passive velocity, acceleration, and jerk manipulations; Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology; (2009).

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  • Promotion of physical fitness and prevention of secondary conditions for children with cerebral palsy: Section on pediatrics research summit proceedings; Physical Therapy; (2007).

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  • Dynamic foot pressure in the early evolution of foot deformities in children with spastic cerebral palsy; Foot and Ankle Motion Analysis: Clinical Treatment and Technology; (2007).

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  • EMG reaction in muscles about the knee to passive velocity, acceleration and jerk manipulations; Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings; (2006).

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  • Distal hamstring lengthening in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy: Primary versus revision procedures; Gait and Posture; (2004).

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  • Walking function in children with cerebral palsy : Stride adaptability and gloss motor skills; Gait and Posture; (1998).

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  • Variability of energy-consumption measures in children with cerebral palsy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (1998).

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