Quadriceps muscle activity during walking with a knee ankle foot orthosis is associated with improved gait ability in acute hemiplegic stroke patients with severe gait disturbance

• DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1387607
• Publication Date: 2024-05-07T13:02:43Z
• Authors: Yusuke Hayashi; Kota Yamazaki; Shinya Komatsu; Naoaki Yamamoto; Shujiro Ueda; Kazunori Sato; Tomofumi Yamaguchi; Kozo Hatori; Kaoru Honaga; Tomokazu Takakura; Futoshi Wada; Akira Tanuma; Toshiyuki Fujiwara
• Keywords: Gait Disturbance; Stroke

A knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) prevents knee buckling during walking and enables gait training for acute hemiplegic stroke patients with severe disturbances. Although the goal of a KAFO is to improve ability, that is, acquire an ankle-foot (AFO), it not clear how contributes improving ability. Therefore, this study aimed investigate relationship between muscle activities improvement ability in disturbance.