Design of a stiffness-adjustable ankle-foot orthosis and its effect on ankle joint kinematics in patients with stroke

Kobayashi, Toshiki; Leung, Aaron Kam-Lun; Akazawa, Yasushi; Hutchins, Stephen W

doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.02.005

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“…; H.E. Ploeger et al (2011) (Ploeger et al, 2012 Toshiki Kobayashi et al (2017) (T. Kobayashi et al, 2011); A. Leardini et al (2014) (Leardini et al, 2014 6.…”

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“…For one thing, the AFO may limit lower limb muscle activities in a way after long time with it (Tang, 2008); (Radtka et al, 2005). For another, some kinds of AFO are bulkier and heavier (T. Kobayashi et al, 2011); (Ploeger et al, 2012) because of the materials and some other things. Patients who wearing these AFO would feel uncomfortable when walking in daily lives.…”

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“…Significant effect of AFO on patients with foot impair were found almost on all ankle Kinematic and Kinetic parameters. The range of motion of ankle would significantly decreased as a result of wearing the AFO (Bregman et al, 2012); (Waterval et al, 2016); (T. Kobayashi et al, 2011); (Radtka et al, 2005). In patients with foot impair, the plantar flexor muscles would be weaker, which leaded to the reduced ability to push off with ankle (Bregman et al, 2012); (T. Kobayashi et al, 2011).…”

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“…Toshiki Kobayashi et al (2011) (T. Kobayashi et al, 2011 3. Less flexed hip and ankle during stance.…”

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“…Accordingly, the moment of the external knee flexion would be prolonged . These muscles are also significant parts of body to provide stability for ankle and knee during single limb support in walking ; (T. Kobayashi, Leung, Akazawa, & Hutchins, 2011). Also, Patients who suffered from these diseases would spend higher energy and experience more falls than healthy people when walking in daily lives, which is a dangerous health issue especially in the geriatric population (Bregman et al, 2012); .…”

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The Categories of AFO and Its Effect on Patients With Foot Impair: A Systemic Review

Feng

Song

2017

Physical Activity and Health

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There are a lot of ailments that would lead to foot impair. For instance, cerebral palsy (CP), stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), hemiplegia, duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and so on. With the further deterioration of these diseases, gait would become imbalanced and then it may contribute to high risk of fall incidence. Thus, it is urgent to invent a tool to adjust the foot impair. Most of the previous studies had found that the ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) has a significant effect to overcome the foot impair. Studies that investigated the ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) and its effect on patients with foot impair are various and abundant. Nevertheless, there are a little studies that integrated the categories of AFO and its specific effect on patients with foot impair. It is important to integrate the categories of AFO and its specific effect on patients with foot impair because the previous studies had proved that different designs of AFO have different mechanical properties and these would affect outcomes in a way. The purpose of this paper is to review and integrate the published studies on the categories of AFO and its effect on patients with foot impair and thereby offer better guidelines and suggestions for prescriptions and future studies. The publication of all papers about the categories of AFO and its effect on patients with foot impair were obtained from Science Direct(SD), Google Scholar and other peer reviewed journals that were published in English. The keywords used for searching were "AFO," "material," "foot impair," and "systemic review." There were total 8647 studies regarding these keywords, and 37 studies were eligible to be selected in this research: 2 studies on systemic review, 35 studies on the materials and categories of AFO and its effect on patients with foot impair. Most previous studies had found that the effect of AFO is related to mechanical properties of AFO and disease characteristics. Therefore, this review could provide researchers with more systemic and detailed information about the categories of AFO and its effect on patients with foot impair and promote synthesis of literature.

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“…; H.E. Ploeger et al (2011) (Ploeger et al, 2012 Toshiki Kobayashi et al (2017) (T. Kobayashi et al, 2011); A. Leardini et al (2014) (Leardini et al, 2014 6.…”

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confidence: 99%