Clinical trials: Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO)
Musculoskeletal Injury, Musculoskeletal Diseases
The Effects of AFO Heel Height and Stiffness on Gait
The proposed study evaluates the effect of ankle foot orthosis (AFO) heel height and stiffness on the forces and motion of the lower limb during over-ground walking in individuals who use an AFO for daily walking.
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Injury, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
- Trial name
- AFOHeel (NCT04800484)
- Testing
- Tall Soft, Tall Firm, Short Soft
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Cerebral Palsy (CP), Hemiparatic Cerebral Palsy
Effect of Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Gait and Balance in Children With Hemiparatic Cerebral Palsy
Background: Ankle-foot orthoses are frequently prescribed to reduce spasticity, position the extremity more properly, and regulate gait during the rehabilitation process of children with cerebral palsy.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy (CP), Hemiparatic Cerebral Palsy, Balance, Gait Analysis
- Trial name
- NCT07111091
- Testing
- GAIT AND BALANCE EVALUATION
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO), Stroke Patients
AFO Prescription to Optimize Post-Stroke Function
The overall goal of this study is to attain the highest possible health-related quality of life for individuals with lower-limb impairment through a clinical trial examining three different modern carbon fiber ankle-foot orthosis…
- Conditions
- Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO), Stroke Patients, Post-Stroke Hemiparesis
- Trial name
- NCT06692686
- Testing
- Pre-fabricated (PF) ankle-foot orthosis (AFO), Carbon-strut (CS) ankle-foot orthosis (AFO), Multifunctional articulating (MA) ankle-foot orthosis (AFO)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Parkinson's Disease
Effect of Lower Extremity Ankle Foot Orthoses in Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a specifically designed ankle foot orthosis (AFO, hinged, with Tamarack joint and adjustable check strap) on the spatial and temporal gait parameters, electromyography…
- Trial name
- NCT01798927
- Testing
- Ankle foot orthosis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hemiplegia, Spastic
Evaluation of the Effect of an Ankle Foot Orthoses for Ambulatory Function
The main purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the effect of a lower leg brace on walking efficiency and community walking in people who have weakness in one side of the body caused after a stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT01336517
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Sensorimotor Gait Disorder, Neurologic Ambulation Disorder
Clinical Study of the L300 Versus Ankle-foot Orthosis (AFO) on Post-Stroke Subjects With Foot Drop
The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the NESS L300 (L300) in improving gait parameters, function, and quality of life among stroke subjects (greater than or equal to 3 months post stroke)with drop foot.
- Conditions
- Sensorimotor Gait Disorder, Neurologic Ambulation Disorder, Gait, Drop Foot, Poststroke Hemiparesis
- Trial name
- L300 (NCT01138995)
- Testing
- Ness L300, Ankle-foot orthosis
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 197 people
- Sponsor
- Bioness Inc
Walking Aided by a Leg Brace in Stroke Subjects
Comparison of the Functional Walking Outcomes of Two Settings of a Commercially Available AFO in Adult Stroke Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how two different settings of a commercially available ankle foot brace affect how stroke patients walk.
- Trial name
- NCT02122783
- Testing
- ADR™ brace resistance, Conventional brace resistance (using hard stops)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Stroke
Smart Ankle-Foot Orthosis to Improve Stroke Outcomes: Smart AFO
The Smart Ankle-Foot Orthosis (Smart AFO) system is an investigational system that combines a diagnostic ankle-foot orthosis with a mobile application to assist clinicians in optimizing an AFO user's gait by adjusting AFO…
- Trial name
- NCT05619484
- Testing
- Smart AFO
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Orthocare Innovations, LLC