Management strategies for the painless foot drop: a systematic review of the literature

Waseem, S; Kyriakides, J.; Amiri, A. R.; Shetty, R.; Shetty, N.; Chammaa, R.

doi:10.1007/s00586-023-07534-6

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 26 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…There are several options to treat foot drop depending on the patient's condition, such as surgery [15] or functional electric stimulation [8,16]. The most common one so far is still the treatment with an ankle-foot orthosis (AFO).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Determination of Assistance-as-Needed Support by an Ankle–Foot Orthosis for Patients with Foot Drop

Scherb,

Steck,

Wechsler

et al. 2023

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Patients who suffer from foot drop have impaired gait pattern functions and a higher risk of stumbling and falling. Therefore, they are usually treated with an assistive device, a so-called ankle–foot orthosis. The support of the orthosis should be in accordance with the motor requirements of the patient and should only be provided when needed, which is referred to as assistance-as-needed. Thus, in this publication, an approach is presented to determine the assistance-as-needed support using musculoskeletal human models. Based on motion capture recordings of multiple subjects performing gaits at different speeds, a parameter study varying the optimal force of a reserve actuator representing the ankle–foot orthosis added in the musculoskeletal simulation is conducted. The results show the dependency of the simulation results on the selected optimal force of the reserve actuator but with a possible identification of the assistance-as-needed support required from the ankle–foot orthosis. The required increase in support due to the increasing severity of foot drop is especially demonstrated with the approach. With this approach, information for the required support of individual subjects can be gathered, which can further be used to derive the design of an ankle–foot orthosis that optimally assists the subjects.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%