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OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction
Foot dysfunction is one of the most likely consequences of rheumatoid arthritis and stroke. It is characterized by severe changes in the gait pattern due to a significant increase in the plantar flexion. Some of these dysfunctions can be compensated by using an ankle–foot orthosis. However, the clin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522015/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34713060 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2020.589521 |
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author | Quaresma, Cláudia Lopes, Barbara Jacinto, Jorge Robalo, Tiago Matos, Mariana Quintão, Carla |
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description | Foot dysfunction is one of the most likely consequences of rheumatoid arthritis and stroke. It is characterized by severe changes in the gait pattern due to a significant increase in the plantar flexion. Some of these dysfunctions can be compensated by using an ankle–foot orthosis. However, the clinical decision about which orthosis best suits the patient creates a real problem for physicians/therapists. Purpose: The main goal of this paper is to present a quantitative support tool that can assist the physicians/therapists in deciding which orthosis is most suitable for each subject. Methodology: In order to achieve such goal, a platform named OrthoRehab was developed, and it was tested in three conditions: without any orthosis and with two different ankle–foot orthoses. The data were acquired in the Gait Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine Center of Alcoitão using a VICON NEXUS 1.8.5(®) motion capture system that allows the capturing of kinematic and kinetic data. Results: The results reveal that OrthoRehab is a user-friendly, easy to apply tool that analyzes very relevant data for the clinical staff. Conclusion: The developed decision support tool, OrthoRehab, offers a quantitative analysis and provides insight to which orthosis achieves the best performance in comparison with the patient's gait pattern with no orthosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-85220152021-10-27 OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction Quaresma, Cláudia Lopes, Barbara Jacinto, Jorge Robalo, Tiago Matos, Mariana Quintão, Carla Front Digit Health Digital Health Foot dysfunction is one of the most likely consequences of rheumatoid arthritis and stroke. It is characterized by severe changes in the gait pattern due to a significant increase in the plantar flexion. Some of these dysfunctions can be compensated by using an ankle–foot orthosis. However, the clinical decision about which orthosis best suits the patient creates a real problem for physicians/therapists. Purpose: The main goal of this paper is to present a quantitative support tool that can assist the physicians/therapists in deciding which orthosis is most suitable for each subject. Methodology: In order to achieve such goal, a platform named OrthoRehab was developed, and it was tested in three conditions: without any orthosis and with two different ankle–foot orthoses. The data were acquired in the Gait Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine Center of Alcoitão using a VICON NEXUS 1.8.5(®) motion capture system that allows the capturing of kinematic and kinetic data. Results: The results reveal that OrthoRehab is a user-friendly, easy to apply tool that analyzes very relevant data for the clinical staff. Conclusion: The developed decision support tool, OrthoRehab, offers a quantitative analysis and provides insight to which orthosis achieves the best performance in comparison with the patient's gait pattern with no orthosis. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8522015/ /pubmed/34713060 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2020.589521 Text en Copyright © 2021 Quaresma, Lopes, Jacinto, Robalo, Matos and Quintão. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Digital Health Quaresma, Cláudia Lopes, Barbara Jacinto, Jorge Robalo, Tiago Matos, Mariana Quintão, Carla OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction |
title | OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction |
title_full | OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction |
title_fullStr | OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction |
title_full_unstemmed | OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction |
title_short | OrthoRehab: Development of a New Methodology for the Comparison Study Between Different Types of Ankle–Foot Orthoses in Foot Dysfunction |
title_sort | orthorehab: development of a new methodology for the comparison study between different types of ankle–foot orthoses in foot dysfunction |
topic | Digital Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522015/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34713060 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2020.589521 |
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