Clinical Trial of a Low Temperature Plastic AFO - the MIT AFO

Authors

May-Kuen Wong
Fuk-Tan Tang
Shin-Han Wu
Chang-Ming Chen

Translated Title

低溫成形改良式塑膠踝足矯具之臨床應用

Abstract

The modification of a new design in orthosis usually has its clinical indication. In this study, a low temperature thermoplastic AFO was designed in anterior leaf type, called MIT (metatarsal into tibial )AFO, basically to meet the need of indoors barefoot walking in Taiwan. It could be easily molded and remolded to fit the foot, as well as to adjust the position of foot and ankle.Sixty-eight patients with acute hemiplegia were fitted with this MIT-AFO during ambulation training, 46had good fitting (67.6%), 15 in fair grade (22.1%), and 7 in poor grade (10.3%). Two patients were observed to have ankle clonus, 4 patients experienced breakage or tear of the AFO with in 4 weeks. The gait characteristics were measured in 6 chronic hemiplegia to compare the effect of MIT-AFO with posterior leaf AFO (Teufel style). Their gait pattern did impove by AFO fitting, especially from the foot pressure distributions, but no significant difference between the patients with two AFOs was found.

Language

English

First Page

37

Last Page

43

Recommended Citation

Wong, May-Kuen; Tang, Fuk-Tan; Wu, Shin-Han; and Chen, Chang-Ming (1991) "Clinical Trial of a Low Temperature Plastic AFO - the MIT AFO," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/3005-3846.1814
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol19/iss1/6