Effect of AFO design on walking after stroke: Impact of ankle plantar flexion contracture

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-292

  Mulroy, Sara J ^a   Eberly, Valerie J ^a   Gronely, Joanne K ^a   Weiss, Walter ^a   Newsam, Craig J ^b  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics of prosthetic orthotic devices; gait; lower limb orthotics; stroke contacture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB; MALE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SHOE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; STROKE; WALKING; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT JOINTS; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77956164287     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093646.2010.501512     Document Type: Article

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