Role of the newly designed Ankle Foot Orthosis on balance related parametersin drop foot post stroke patients |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Rehabilitation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands;2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands;3. Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands;1. Okinawa Chuzan Clinical Research Center, Chuzan Hospital, Okinawa, Japan;2. Department of Physical Therapy Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan;3. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Hospital, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan.;4. Department of Palliative and Supportive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan.;5. Department of Nutrition, Hamamatsu City Rehabilitation Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan;6. Biostatistics Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan;7. Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food Service, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;8. Department of Nutrition, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan;9. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chuzan Hospital, Okinawa, Japan;1. Human Performance and Engineering Research, Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, USA;2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA;3. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA;4. College of Health and Biomedicine/ISEAL, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundPassive and hybrid passive ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are often prescribed in post stroke drop foot; however, the effects of these AFOs on balance related parameters in these patients seem unclear. Accordingly, the aim of current study was to evaluate the role of the newly designed hybrid passive and Posterior Leaf Spring (PLS) AFOs on balance related parameters including: self-reported balance confidence (ABC), Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) in post stroke drop foot patients.MethodsFifteen post stroke drop foot patients were recruited in current study. Then, ABC, TUG and BBS were assessed with newly designed AFO and PLS AFO.ResultsThe results of this study were shown a significant improvement in ABC, TUG and BBS scores with the newly designed AFO than PLS AFO (p < 0.05).ConclusionThis study suggested that the newly designed AFO was improved the balance related parameters than PLS AFO. |
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| Keywords: | Drop foot Ankle foot AFO Balance Dynamic stability |
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