[PDF] Top 20 Comparison of Gait with Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO) and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in patients following Stroke

... is foot drop and it’s management? Foot drop, also called ―drop foot‖ is the inability to lift the front part of the foot which leads to dragging of the foot along the ground while ... See full document

... Ultimately, the patient in this case report ended up choosing to use the AFO for ambulation despite having access to both devices. This decision was based upon the objective improvement in gait speed and balance ... See full document

... concerning ankle dorsiflexion at initial contact and mid swing during ...that stimulation of muscle contraction with FES of 31% of maximal voluntary effort was able to affect gait and it was ... See full document

... Chapter 3 focused on the first study undertaken to explore the thesis aim. It began with a brief review of the FES literature and the growing dual-task literature that was reported at the time of initiation of the ... See full document

... recovery following their stroke, paresis of the involved leg, poor balance or/and a decreased ambulatory function (Teasell et a l , 2001) There are three basic considerations in prescribing an AFO Firstly ... See full document

... voluntary ankle sagittal movements in seated position, and a single-arm pilot study reports stroke pa- tients (n = 8) had improved volitional ankle control and spatial-temporal gait parameters ... See full document

... of ankle motion for functional gait phases for the Group A subset during declined, level, and inclined treadmill ...limb ankle ROM for all subjects and the Group A subset contrasting ... See full document

... augment gait performance by improving trunk func- ...greater functional improvement in their hemiplegic lower limb because of the stabilizing effect on the upper trunk of the resistive force applied to the ... See full document

... in foot drop, a change in gait that manifests as an inability to lift the toes of the foot when ...walking. Foot drop results in a decreased quality of life, with unassisted movement becoming ... See full document

... of functional electrical stimulation (FES), for dropped foot, during the sub-acute phase of stroke - A randomized controlled ...to functional electrical stimulation ... See full document

... Acknowledgements The findings within this paper were previously presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society, IFESS, London 2017. Thank you to ... See full document

... for Functional Electrical Stimulation Treatment on Weight Bearing, Stability and Gait Velocity of Hemiplegic ...post stroke were randomly divided into two ...only functional ... See full document

... chronic stroke subjects participated in 12 sessions of BCI-FES therapy for foot ...the following base- line assessments: fast gait speed, dorsiflexion active range of motion (AROM), six-minute ... See full document

... Introduction Foot drop often results from the inability to dorsiflex the foot during the swing phase of the gait cycle, and may be observed in neurological conditions such as ...tional ... See full document

... of ankle foot orthosis on adult post-stroke hemiplegic patients' walking ability and ...of ankle foot orthosis (AFO) for walking ability and pattern using ... See full document

... post-stroke gait rehabilitation treatments is the use of an ankle–foot ...the ankle–foot orthosis assistance to suit each patient’s body function and gait ...the ... See full document

... the foot, the foot movement and foot support more closely conform to the muscular and tendon structures of the ankle joint, resulting in a greater degree of comfort and energy conservation ... See full document

... Thus, in the eyes-open condition, the values for experimental subjects' frequency variability were consistently lower than the control group throughout the three. test[r] ... See full document

... Abstract— Foot drop is known as gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens due to the weakness of Tibialis Anterior Muscle for the damage of the common fibular nerve in the anterior ... See full document

... ischemic stroke and subsequent right-side hemiple- gia without aphasia, apraxia, or spatial ...after stroke and 3 weeks after the beginning of the rehabilitation program, which was performed accord- ing to ... See full document