For initial gait training with the paraplegic patient, a lower extremity telescoping orthosis has been developed. This brace eliminates the time-consuming fabrication, considerable weight, and cumbersome use of conventional knee-ankle-foot orthoses and is easily adjustable to a wide range of patients. Particularly during the early phase of rehabilitation, this brace offers significant advantage...

Background and Objectives: Among the foot orthoses prescribed to improve postural control in chronic ankle instability, foot orthoses designed to affect both types of mechanical and functional instability have a limited research background. In the present study, a type of foot orthosis named the custom mold with a raised ridge around the perimeter was designed, and manufactured, and its effect ...

The goal of this study was to investigate clinically relevant biomechanical conditions relating to the setup and alignment of knee-ankle-foot orthoses and the influence of these conditions on knee extension moments and orthotic stance control during gait. Knee moments were collected using an instrumented gait laboratory and concurrently a load transducer embedded at the knee-ankle-foot orthosis...

• Statistical non-parametric mapping explores effect over the entire kinematic curve. Medial heel bar reduces rearfoot eversion for majority of stance phase. Retrocapital rotates externally Sensorimotor foot orthoses is an alternative concept, which in addition to mechanical effects, are designed change muscle activation by altering sensory input plantar surface foot. However, there little evid...

BACKGROUND It is a routine practice to prescribe a combination of rocker shoes and custom-made foot orthoses for patients with plantar fasciitis. Recently, there has been a debate on this practice, and studies have shown that the individual prescription of rocker shoes or custom-made foot orthoses is effective in treating plantar fasciitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the ...

Background and Objectives: Lateral ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries to the musculoskeletal system, especially among active people. This injury causes complex complications, such as recurrent sprain because of reduced postural control. Foot orthoses are among the interventions used to improve postural control in this population. This review aims to investigate foot orthoses to imp...

This report examines the orthotic management of patients with ankle fractures. Two functional orthoses that allow movement in the talocrural joint are described. The results of using these orthoses on ten patients are discussed. Introduction Immobilization of an extremity, for example after a fracture, has certain unwanted effects. Osteoporosis arises (Enneking and Horowitz, 1972; Mattsson, 197...

Abstract Motor disorders are diseases affecting the muscle function of human body. A frequently occurring motor disorder affects lower leg muscles resulting in a pathological gait called foot drop. Patients have higher risk stumbling and falling. The most common treatment is use passive ankle-foot-orthosis (AFO). However, compensation drop only limited due to non possible support all rotational...

Rocker-soled shoes provide a way to reduce the possible concentration of stress, as well as change movement patterns, during gait. This study attempts to examine how plantar force and spatio-temporal variables are affected by two rocker designs, one with softer and one with denser sole materials, by comparing them with the barefoot condition and with flat-soled shoes. Eleven subjects' gait para...

As rehabilitation for post-stroke hemiplegic patients has become widely accepted practice, there has been an increase in patients who are more difficult to treat. In the prescription rationale of orthoses for hemiplegics, the knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) for the lower limb has generally been underestimated because of its inhibitory effect on the normal walking pattern and also its interferen...