Publication: The effect of tibia inclination on gait pattern of stroke patients with genu recurvatum who wear an Ankle Foot Orthosis: A pilot study
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2019-01-01
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10554181
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Mahidol University
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Technology and Disability. Vol.31, No.3 (2019), 77-82
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Prawina Sutdet, Nattapong Polhan, Voraluck Prakotmongkol, Jutharat Poomulna, Fika Trifani, Tanty Iswana, L. K. Nipuni, M. De Silva, Seng Tharin The effect of tibia inclination on gait pattern of stroke patients with genu recurvatum who wear an Ankle Foot Orthosis: A pilot study. Technology and Disability. Vol.31, No.3 (2019), 77-82. doi:10.3233/TAD-180211 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/51980
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The effect of tibia inclination on gait pattern of stroke patients with genu recurvatum who wear an Ankle Foot Orthosis: A pilot study
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© 2019 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. BACKGROUND: Four hemiplegia post-stroke patients with 10°-30° genu recurvatum recruited for three-dimensional gait analysis to investigate optimum inclination in a Rigid Tuned Ankle Foot Orthosis (RT-AFO). OBJECTIVE: 1) To investigate the optimum inclination in a Rigid Tuned Ankle Foot Orthosis (RT-AFO) in order to stabilize stance knee kinematics in the sagittal plane for stroke patients with 10?-30? genu recurvatum, and 2) to compare the effects of RT-AFO with different inclinations on spatio-temporal parameters. METHODS: Three dimensional gait measurements were performed in five conditions for four participants: walk without AFO (T1), walk with RT-AFO in 0? inclination (T2), walk with RT-AFO in 5? inclination (T3), walk with RT-AFO in 10? inclination (T4), and walk with RT-AFO in 15? inclination (T5). RESULT: Application of tibial inclination in the AFO reduced the genu recurvatum in participants who experienced stroke. Genu recurvatum was significantly reduced in conditions T3, T4 (p< 0.001) and in T5 (p< 0.05). Optimum inclination was found at 15? tibial inclination measured during mid-stance. This study reported a statistically significant improvement in cadence in condition T4 (RT-AFO 10?) (p< 0.01). There were no significant results for improvement of walking speed and stride length. CONCLUSION: These results highlight the potential to optimize inclination of a Rigid Tuned Ankle Foot Orthosis for patients affected by stroke and also indicate the potential clinical applications of tuning the AFO in rehabilitation treatment of stroke patients.