Comparing the Effect of Implanted Peroneal Nerve Stimulation and Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Gait Kinematics in Chronic Hemiparesis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Impaired ankle dorsiflexion in hemiparesis may be treated with ankle-foot orthosis or functional electrical stimulation. Semi-implanted selective functional electrical stimulation uses independent stimulations of deep and superficial peroneal nerves. The aim of this study was to compare gait kinematics using ankle-foot orthosis or semi-implanted selective functional electrical stimulation over 6 months in hemiparesis.

Methods

Subjects with chronic hemiparesis, randomized into ankle-foot orthosis or semi-implanted selective functional electrical stimulation groups, underwent comfortable gait analysis without and with device OFF and ON, before, and 3 and 6 months after treatment onset. The effects of condition, visit and group on gait kinematics (analysis of variance

SUBMITTER: Hutin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10424098 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature