The effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a case study
[Purpose] Standing and walking are impaired in stroke patients. Therefore, assisted devices are required to restore their walking abilities. The ankle foot orthosis with an external powered source is a new type of orthosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a powered ankle foo...
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pubmed-51408362016-12-09 The effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a case study Pourghasem, Ali Takamjani, Ismail Ebrahimi Karimi, Mohammad Taghi Kamali, Mohammad Jannesari, Mohammad Salafian, Iman Case Study [Purpose] Standing and walking are impaired in stroke patients. Therefore, assisted devices are required to restore their walking abilities. The ankle foot orthosis with an external powered source is a new type of orthosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a powered ankle foot orthosis compared with unpowered orthoses in a stroke patient. [Subjects and Methods] A single stroke subject participated in this study. The subject was fitted with three types of ankle foot orthosis (powered, posterior leg spring, and carbon ankle foot orthoses). He was asked to walk with and without the three types of orthoses, and kinetic and kinematic parameters were measured. [Results] The results of the study showed that the moments applied on the ankle, knee, and hip joints increased while walking with the powered ankle foot orthosis. [Conclusion] As the powered ankle foot orthosis influences the moments of the ankle, knee, and hip joints, it can increase the standing and walking abilities of stroke patients more than other available orthoses. Therefore, it is recommended to be used in rehabilitation programs for stroke patients. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2016-11-29 2016-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5140836/ /pubmed/27942156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.28.3236 Text en 2016©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science. Published by IPEC Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
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The effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a
case study |
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The effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a
case study |
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The effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a
case study |
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The effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a
case study |
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The effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a
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effect of a powered ankle foot orthosis on walking in a stroke subject: a
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[Purpose] Standing and walking are impaired in stroke patients. Therefore, assisted
devices are required to restore their walking abilities. The ankle foot orthosis with an
external powered source is a new type of orthosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate
the performance of a powered ankle foot orthosis compared with unpowered orthoses in a
stroke patient. [Subjects and Methods] A single stroke subject participated in this study.
The subject was fitted with three types of ankle foot orthosis (powered, posterior leg
spring, and carbon ankle foot orthoses). He was asked to walk with and without the three
types of orthoses, and kinetic and kinematic parameters were measured. [Results] The
results of the study showed that the moments applied on the ankle, knee, and hip joints
increased while walking with the powered ankle foot orthosis. [Conclusion] As the powered
ankle foot orthosis influences the moments of the ankle, knee, and hip joints, it can
increase the standing and walking abilities of stroke patients more than other available
orthoses. Therefore, it is recommended to be used in rehabilitation programs for stroke
patients. |
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The Society of Physical Therapy Science |
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2016 |
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