Development and assessment of elastic foot-up orthosis for patients with mild hemiparesis (equinovarus foot) or drop foot.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Mild hemiplegia Drop foot
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000021807
- Lead Sponsor
- Kansai Medical University
- Brief Summary
The elastic foot-up orthosis for equinovarus or drop foot in the patients with less severe hemiparesis was effective in improving gait performance. The subjective scores on the feeling of wearing the elastic foot-up orthosis were better than them of wearing a shoehorn AFO.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Persons who have diseases causing lower limb pain such as rheumatoid arthritis Persons who have some kind of disorder on cognitive, psychiatric, and psychological function
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The changes of temporal gait parameters by using the experimental elastic foot-up orthosis
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Questionnaire about a feeling of wearing the experimental elastic foot-up orthosis