OBJECTIVES To investigate patients' mobility and satisfaction with their lower-limb prosthetic or orthotic device and related service delivery in Sierra Leone; to compare groups of patients regarding type and level of assistive device, gender, area of residence, income; and to identify factors associated with satisfaction with the assistive device and service. METHODS A total of 139 patients ...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of varying running shoe midsole composition on lower extremity dynamics with and without a custom foot orthotic intervention. Three-dimensional dynamics were collected on 12 female runners who had completed 6 weeks of custom foot orthotic therapy. Participants completed running trials in 3 running shoe midsole conditions-with and without a ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate patients' mobility and satisfaction with their lower limb prosthetic or orthotic device and related service delivery in Malawi and to compare groups of patients regarding type and level of device and demographics. METHODS Questionnaires were used to collect self-report data from 83 patients. RESULTS Ninety percent of prostheses or orthoses were in use by patients, b...

Objective To gather knowledge related to patient satisfaction and mobility with lower limb prosthetic and orthotic devices and to investigate satisfaction with services received. Another purpose of this study is to analyze potential differences between orthotic and prosthetic patients in relation to patient satisfaction and mobility. Design Cross-sectional study Subjects 21 participants with a ...

BACKGROUND Semi-custom foot orthoses (SCO) are thought to be a cost-effective alternative to custom-made devices. However, previous biomechanical research involving either custom or SCO has only focused on rearfoot biomechanics. The purpose of this study was therefore to determine changes in multi-segment foot biomechanics during shod walking with and without an SCO. We chose to investigate an ...

This work proposes a robust sliding mode controller to enforce the tracking trajectory of cervical orthotic device subjected asymmetric box constraints. The convergence analysis employs an barrier Lyapunov function (ABLF), whose argument is restricted surface. stability demonstrates finite-time states towards surface and, therefore, exponential system trajectories. ensures fulfillment restricti...