A Powered Ankle Foot Rehabilitation Orthosis

Sponsor

Beijing Institute of Technology (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT01942772

Collaborator

China Rehabilitation Research Center (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Arm

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Ankle rehabilitation training becomes a tough question for the patients with ankle joint injuries especially with the hemiplegia after stroke. Here a novel powered ankle foot orthoses which can provide ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion assistant using electric motor is proposed in this paper. The mechanical structure of the orthoses includes wearing parts, ankle joint hinged part, driving unit, transmission mechanism and sensing units. This study provides a new method for ankle foot orthoses design and has great significance for ankle rehabilitation.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stroke Ankle Injuries	Device: Ankle-Foot Orthosis	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

2 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Design of A Powered Ankle Foot Orthoses for Ankle Rehabilitation

Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2013

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Feb 1, 2013

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: experimental test of healthy subjects wearing experiment，motion experiment	Device: Ankle-Foot Orthosis

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: experimental test of healthy subjects

wearing experiment，motion experiment

Device: Ankle-Foot Orthosis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

good performance of the ankle foot orthosis [one month]
Two researchers wore the ankle foot orthosis without any motion to test the rationality of design size and wearing coordination；motion experiment without load was carried out to test the stability of transmission structure and effectiveness of motor control. The ankle foot orthosis was fixed on a table.