خلاصة:
Objectives: Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are widely utilized to improve walking ability in hemiplegic patients. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of Rocker bar Ankle Foot Orthosis (RAFO) on functional mobility in post-stroke hemiplegic patients.Methods: Fifteen hemiplegic patients (men and women) who were at least 6-months post-stroke and able to walk without assistive device for at least 10 meters voluntarily participated in this study. The patients were examined with and without RAFO. Their functional mobility was evaluated through 10-meter walk test and Timed Up and Go (TUG) test. Also, paired t-test was used to analyze obtained data.Results: When patients used RAFO, their gait speed significantly increased (p<0.05). Also, the time of performing TUG test experienced a significant decrease using RAFO compared with utilizing shoe only (p<0.05).Discussion: RAFO led to a significant improvement in functional mobility in hemiplegic patient’s secondary to stroke. It seems that, it has been due to the positive effect of rocker modification on improving push off and transferring weight during stance phase of gait.
ملخص الجهاز:
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 3, Autumn 2015 Original Article The Effect of Rocker Bar Ankle Foot Orthosis on Functional Mobility in Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Patients Farzad Farmani Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Mohammad Ali Mohseni-Bandpei* Iranian Research Centre on Aging University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mahmood Bahramizadeh; Gholamreza Aminian University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Nikoo Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Objectives: Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are widely utilized to improve walking ability in hemiplegic patients.
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of Rocker bar Ankle Foot Orthosis (RAFO) on functional mobility in post-stroke hemiplegic patients.
Keywords: Rocker bar Ankle Foot Orthosis, functional mobility, hemiplegic patients Submitted: 19 July 2015 Accepted: 10 September 2015 Introduction Hemiplegia secondary to stroke contribute to problems in standing and walking.
On the other hand, since Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a valid and reliable test which could evaluate several tasks concurrently, and consequently, examines acquired functional ability in patients (16-18), we used that to investigate the effectiveness of RAFO on functional mobility in hemiplegic patients, in addition to using 10-meter walk test to investigate gait speed (19-21).
Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Rocker bar AFO (RAFO) on functional mobility in post-stroke hemiplegic patients.
Discussion The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of RAFO on functional mobility parameters including gait speed and TUG in post-stroke hemiplegic patients compared with SAFO.