The impact of ankle-foot-orthosis (AFO) use on the compensatory stepping response required to avoid a fall during trip-like perturbations in young adults: implications for AFO prescription and design - Nevisipour M, Honeycutt CF.

Ankle-foot-orthoses (AFOs) are commonly prescribed to treat foot drop and enhance walking in fall-prone individuals (e.g. stroke). AFOs improve static balance but AFO-users are still at high fall risk. To our knowledge, no one has studied the biomechanical...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news