ArticleClinical interventions in aging2015
Effectiveness of elastic band-type ankle-foot orthoses on postural control in poststroke elderly patients as determined using combined measurement of the stability index and body weight-bearing ratio.
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- Advances in the clinical application of orthotic devices for stroke and spinal cord injury since 2013.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Machine learning analysis to predict the need for ankle foot orthosis in patients with stroke.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Immediate Effects of Ankle-Foot Orthosis Using Wire on Static Balance of Patients with Stroke with Foot Drop: A Cross-Over Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Does a Passive Unilateral Lower Limb Exoskeleton Affect Human Static and Dynamic Balance Control?Frontiers in sports and active living · 2019Article
- Kinematic on Ankle and Knee Joint of Post-Stroke Elderly Patients by Wearing Newly Elastic Band-Type Ankle-Foot Orthosis in Gait.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Article
- A novel hinged ankle foot orthosis for gait performance in chronic hemiplegic stroke survivors: a feasibility study.Biomedical engineering letters · 2018Article
- Postural Stability after Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty and Patient-Specific Interpositional Knee Spacer.BioMed research international · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposePoor recovery of postural stability poststroke is the primary cause of impairment in activities and social participation in elderly stroke survivors. The purpose of our study was to experimentally evaluate the effectiveness of our new elastic ankle-foot orthosis (AFO), compared to a traditional AFO fabricated with hard plastic, in improving postural stability in elderly chronic stroke survivors. PATIENTS AND
methodsPostural stability was evaluated in ten chronic stroke patients, 55.7±8.43 years old. Postural stability was evaluated using the standardized methods of the Biodex Balance System combined with a foot pressure system, under three experimental conditions, no AFO, rigid plastic AFO, and elastic AFO (E-AFO). The following dependent variables of postural stability were analyzed: plantar pressure under the paretic and nonparetic foot, area of the center of balance (COB) and % time spent in each location, distance traveled by the COB away from the body center, distance traveled by the center of pressure, and calculated index of overall stability, as well as indices anterior-posterior and medial-lateral stability.
resultsBoth AFO designs improved all indices of postural stability. Compared to the rigid plastic AFO, the E-AFO produced additional positive effects in controlling anterior-posterior body sway, equalizing weight bearing through the paretic and nonparetic limbs, and restraining the displacement of the center of pressure and of the COB.
conclusionBased on our outcomes, we recommend the prescription of E-AFOs as part of a physiotherapy rehabilitation program to promote recovery of postural stability poststroke. When possible, therapeutic outcomes should be documented using the Biodex Balance System and foot pressure system, as used in our study, to provide evidence needed to support the development of a larger controlled trial to generate high-quality evidence on the effectiveness of E-AFOs.
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