Simulated Ankle Equinus Affects Knee Kinematics During Gait.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is critical to distinguish gait compensations from true abnormalities when planning interventions to improve gait in individuals with neuromuscular disorders.

Questions/purposes

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of isolated ankle equinus on knee kinematics during the initial contact phase of gait.

Methods

Ten healthy subjects (29 + 4.3 years) participated, and testing occurred in a motion analysis laboratory. This cross-sectional study investigated five gait conditions in each subject: shoe alone, shoe with unilateral ankle foot orthosis locked at neutral, 10°, 20°, and 30° of fixed ankle plantar flexion. Gait kinematics were recorded and calculated with 3D motion analysis. The difference between the shoe and each brace condition was anal

SUBMITTER: Drefus LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4733689 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature