Effects of an Anterior Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Walking Mobility in Stroke Patients: Get Up and Go and Stair Walking
| Autor: | Hsin-Yi Chang, Kwok-Tak Yeung, Fen-Fen Chen, Shu-Zon Lou, Chiung-Ling Chen, Ya-Ling Teng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Stroke patient medicine.medical_treatment Stair walking Foot Orthoses Hemiplegia Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Walking Physical medicine and rehabilitation Stairs Ankle/foot orthosis Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans Gait Stroke Aged Aged 80 and over Rehabilitation business.industry Stroke Rehabilitation Middle Aged medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Berg Balance Scale Exercise Test Physical therapy Female business human activities Timed up and go |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 95:2167-2171 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9993 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.07.408 |
| Popis: | Objective To examine the effects of an anterior ankle-foot orthosis (AAFO) on walking mobility in stroke patients. Design Cross-sectional and repeated-measures study design. Setting A university's neurologic rehabilitation department. Participants Ambulant stroke patients (N=21). Interventions Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures Walking mobility was measured by the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and the Timed Up and Down Stairs (TUDS) test. The paired t test was used to determine the difference between the mobility performances measured with and without the AAFO. Results There were significant differences between mobility performances with and without an AAFO in the TUG test ( P =.038) and the TUDS test ( P =.000). Conclusions This study supports the effect of an AAFO on walking mobility in stroke patients. The findings demonstrate that stroke patients wearing an AAFO may ambulate with greater speed and safety on level surfaces and stairs. |
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