Orthotic management of the knee in neuromuscular and central nervous system conditions

niversity of York (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 50 人开始时间: 2014年10月22日最近更新: 2017年7月3日

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•1. Adults (16 years and older) with a neuromuscular disorder who have impaired walking ability due primarily to instability of the knee. Neuromuscular disorder will include conditions that primarily affect the peripheral nerve, muscle and neuromuscular junction e.g. motor neurone disease, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot Marie Tooth disease, polio, myopathies, inclusion body myositis. People with knee instability related to CNS conditions will also be included e.g. spinal cord injury, spina bifida, stroke.
•2. People who are able to give informed consent.
•3. Purposive sampling will be used to select participants for interview to reflect a range of conditions, age, sex, length of
•time fitted with an orthosis, high and low usage, living in different regions in England.

•1. People aged under 16 years.
•2. People with neuromuscular disorders other than those listed in Inclusion criteria above.
•3. People who are unable to give informed consent, due to cognitive impairment, or for other reasons.

发起方

niversity of York (UK)