The Effects of Varying Ankle Foot Orthosis Stiffness on Gait in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy Who Walk with Excessive Knee Flexion

INTRODUCTION: Rigid Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are commonly prescribed to counteract excessive knee flexion during the stance phase of gait in children with cerebral palsy (CP). While rigid AFOs may normalize knee kinematics and kinetics effectively, it has the disadvantage of impeding push-off powe...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:PLoS One
Hauptverfasser: Kerkum, Yvette L., Buizer, Annemieke I., van den Noort, Josien C., Becher, Jules G., Harlaar, Jaap, Brehm, Merel-Anne
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2015
Schlagworte:
Research Article
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4658111/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26600039
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142878
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Ähnliche Einträge