title: Test apparatus for the measurement of the flexibility of ankle-foot orthoses in planes other than the loaded plane.
abstract: Previous publications have reported on the flexibility of ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) only in the same plane as the applied load. This paper reports on a test apparatus developed to detect the flexibility of an AFO in 5 degrees of freedom when subjected to a plantar/dorsiflexion moment, a medial/lateral moment or a torque. A moment applied to an AFO in one plane induces angulation and translation in all planes.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klasson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Convery
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raschke
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004548:Elasticity; D005528:Foot / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016474:Weight-Bearing