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  • Title: Gait evaluation of an automatic stance-control knee orthosis in a patient with postpoliomyelitis.
    Author: Hebert JS, Liggins AB.
    Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 2005 Aug; 86(8):1676-80. PubMed ID: 16084826.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine gait differences in a subject ambulating with a knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) with a locked knee joint versus an automatic stance-control knee joint. DESIGN: Single-subject crossover design. SETTING: Tertiary rehabilitation facility with a motion analysis laboratory. PARTICIPANT: A 61-year-old ambulatory male volunteer with postpoliomyelitis walking with a stance-control KAFO. INTERVENTIONS: Instrumented gait analysis and Physiological Cost Index in the locked knee and stance-control modes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Differences in gait parameters. RESULTS: On the braced limb, stance-control mode showed a near-normal knee flexion wave in swing, reduced pelvic retraction and rotational excursion, and improved hip power generation. On the nonbraced limb, the stance-control mode allowed elimination of vaulting, reduction in abnormal ankle and hip power generation, increased knee power absorption, and more typical quadriceps activation. There was a trend toward improved energy efficiency in the stance-control mode. CONCLUSIONS: Use of a stance-control knee joint in a KAFO appears to improve gait biomechanics and improve energy efficiency compared with a locked knee.
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