Vpliv ortoz za gleženj in stopalo za preprečevanja padca stopala na pozornost med hojo pri osebah s padajočim stopalom - prvi delni rezultati
Influence of posterior leaf spring ankle foot orthoses on cognitive demand during walking - preliminary results

slovenian

2015

volume 14, issue 2

ankle-foot-orthosis   drop foot   dual task   Foot Orthoses   gait velocity

Univerzitetni rehabilitacijski inštitut RS – Soča
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Background: Because we did not find any study on influence of posterior leaf spring (PLS) ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) on cognitive demand during walking in the existing literature, we decided to study it. Methods: We included all patients with drop foot due to peripheral ankle dorsiflexor paresis visiting our outpatient clinic for orthotic management who had functional PLS AFO, appropriate shoes and no other impairments, and were willing to participate. All of them performed the 10-meter walking test with and without AFO in random order first without and then while performing a cognitive task (subtracting three form 100 during walking). Results: On average, the participants (8 men and 2 women) walked faster with the orthosis than without it (p <0.01). The cognitive task statistically significantly decreased average walking speed (p<0.01). There was no statistically significant interaction between the effects of orthosis and cognitive task. All the participants experienced walking with the orthosis as easier. Conclusions: Off-the-shelf PLS AFO increased walking speed among the participants while performing a cognitive task as well as while not performing it.

18.04.2017