A knee and ankle flexing hybrid orthosis for paraplegic ambulation

• Published in: Medical engineering & physics Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. 539 - 545
• Main Authors: Greene, Peter J, Granat, Malcolm H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adult; Ankle flexion; Ankle Joint - innervation; Ankle Joint - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Braces; Combined Modality Therapy; Electric Stimulation Therapy - methods; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Female; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - etiology; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - physiopathology; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - rehabilitation; Humans; Hybrid orthosis; Knee flexion; Knee Joint - innervation; Knee Joint - physiopathology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Orthotic Devices; Paraplegia - complications; Paraplegia - physiopathology; Paraplegia - rehabilitation; Paraplegic ambulation; Range of Motion, Articular; Treatment Outcome; Ankle flexion; Hybrid orthosis; Knee flexion; Paraplegic ambulation

Limitations of mechanical walking orthoses for paraplegics are high energy consumption and upper limb loading. Flexing of the knee during swing phase has been used as a means of attempting to reduce these. It has been found that this has little effect because using knee flexion results in no change...