Effects of emphasized plantarflexion stop and heel lift height on the plantarflexion resistive torque in healthy young adults wearing ankle foot orthoses
Mikio Fujimoto, Shota Suzuki, Minori Masuda, Hirotaka Kuki · 2026
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Mikio Fujimoto and colleagues present a 2026 study of how ankle brace settings change resistance torque. Ankle-foot orthoses help weak ankles, and their downward-bend resistance shapes walking. Thirty healthy young adults walked in braces with stiff stops, while the team varied the stop angle across three settings and heel lift height across four, from none to three centimeters.
Raising the stop angle toward upward bend increased the first resistance peak during early stance, and taller heel lifts did the same. The stop angle also changed the second peak before toe-off, while heel lift mattered little there. The authors show both settings tune the brace's pushback, information clinicians can use when fitting braces for patients with stroke-related foot drop and related gait problems.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mikio Fujimoto, Shota Suzuki, Minori Masuda, Hirotaka Kuki |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29171 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |