How do ankle braces affect braking performance? An experimental driving simulation study with healthy volunteers
| Autor: | Falk Mittag, Ina-Christine Rondak, Maurice Jordan, Ulf Krister Hofmann, Stefan Thumm, Ingmar Ipach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Automobile Driving Adolescent Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Young Adult Physical medicine and rehabilitation Healthy volunteers medicine Reaction Time Driving simulation Humans Lead (electronics) Braces Cross-Over Studies business.industry Rehabilitation Repeated measures design General Medicine Crossover study Brace Healthy Volunteers body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Physical therapy Female Right ankle Ankle business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Journal of rehabilitation medicine. 47(10) |
| ISSN: | 1651-2081 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Fitness to drive a car has been investigated increasingly over recent years. However, most research has focussed on perioperative driving performance, and few data are available on how orthoses influence the ability to perform an emergency stop. This study investigated the effect of 4 common ankle braces (Kallassy, CaligaLoc, Air-Stirrup, ASO) on reaction time, foot transfer time (together: brake response time) and brake force. The hypothesis was that wearing these braces on the right ankle impairs braking performance, specifically by increasing foot transfer time, but also by altering brake force. METHODS A car cabin was set up with measurement equipment to register reaction time, foot transfer time, brake response time and brake force under realistic spatial constraints. A crossover repeated measures design was used to test 30 healthy volunteers with and without each of the braces. RESULTS All 4 braces resulted in statistically significantly increased foot transfer time (p |
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