Figures & data
Table 1 Subject Characteristics
Figure 1 Ankle–foot orthosis (AFO) types: (A) elastic band-type AFO, (B) hard plastic material-type AFO.
Figure 2 The gait experiment of the hemiplegic patient, one gait cycle = foot strike–strike (affected side).
Figure 3 Definition of the knee and ankle joint angles.
Figure 4 A comparison of ankle and knee joint kinematics and three conditions (Wl, NP, and EP). (A) Ankle angle range in dorsiflexion and plantar flexion; and (B) knee angle range in flexion–extension.
Notes: In the result graph, the Y-axis represents the joint angle of the ankle and the knee, (+) area is dorsiflexion of the ankle, flexion of the knee, (–) area is plantar flexion of the ankle, extension of knee, and the white line in the box represents the mean value of the moving range. An asterisk (*) indicates a significant level of p < 0.005.
Abbreviations: AFO, ankle–foot orthosis; WI, wearing nothing; NP, wearing elastic band-type AFO; EP, wearing hard plastic-type AFO.
Abbreviations: AFO, ankle–foot orthosis; WI, wearing nothing; NP, wearing elastic band-type AFO; EP, wearing hard plastic-type AFO.
Table 2 Correlation Between Four Dependent Variables by Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient