Trial reportPediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association2016
The Effect of Ankle-Foot Orthoses on Community-Based Walking in Cerebral Palsy: A Clinical Pilot Study.
Trial report in Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Relationship between ankle function and walking ability for children and young adults with cerebral palsy: A systematic review of deficits and targeted interventions.Gait & posture · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of optimized AFOs on functional outcomes in children with spastic cerebral palsy.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026Trial
- Walking on Real-world Terrain with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Cerebral Palsy.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2024Article
- Effects of Ankle Foot Orthoses on the Gait Patterns in Children with Spastic Bilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Using the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score to Compare Ankle-Foot Orthoses, Sensorimotor Orthoses and Barefoot Gait Pattern in Children with Cerebral Palsy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the effect of ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) on walking activity in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
methodsWe used a randomized cross-over design with 11 children with bilateral CP, mean age 4.3 years. Subjects were randomized to current AFO-ON or AFO-OFF for 2 weeks and then crossed over. Walking activity (average total steps/day), intensity, and stride rate curves were collected via an ankle accelerometer. Group effects were examined with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and within-subject effects examined for more than 1 standard deviation change.
resultsNo significant group difference was found in average total daily step count between treatment conditions (P = .48). For the AFO-ON condition, 2 subjects (18%) increased total steps/day; 4 (36%) increased walking time; 2 (18%) had more strides at a rate of more than 30 strides/min; and 2 (18%) reached higher peak intensity.
conclusionsClinically prescribed AFO/footwear did not consistently enhance walking activity levels or intensity. Larger studies are warranted.
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