Comparison of Sagittal Plane Stiffness of Nonarticulated Pediatric Ankle-Foot Orthoses Designed to be Rigid.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

When studying the effect of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) on gait, it is important to know their sagittal plane stiffness. However, there are no established thresholds for stiffness of non-articulated AFOs designed to be rigid. If wanting to implement published algorithms for ankle-foot orthosis-footwear combinations (AFO-FCs), the AFOs must be equally as stiff as those of the developer of the published AFO-FC algorithms. Hence, the aim of this work was to compare the sagittal plane stiffness of AFOs designed to be rigid, made for a clinical trial in the USA, and following algorithms for AFO-FC designs, to those made and used clinically in the UK by the developer of the AFO-FC algorithms.

Materials and methods

Stiffness of 9 pediatric polypropylene AFOs was tested

SUBMITTER: Fatone S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8890678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature