Ankle-foot orthoses in stroke: Effects on functional balance, weight-bearing asymmetry and the contribution of each lower limb to balance control

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 769-775

  Simons, Corien D M ^a   van Asseldonk, Edwin H F ^b   Kooij, Herman van der ^b   Geurts, Alexander C H ^c   Buurke, Jaap H ^a,d  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Roessingh Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle foot orthosis; Balance control; Gait; Perturbations; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS; BALANCE CONTROL; GAIT; PERTURBATIONS; STROKE;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ORTHOTICS; TESTING; WEIGHING;

MOTION CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; STROKE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70249118105     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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