Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Peripheral Nerve Disease, Peripheral Nerve Injury Lower Limb, Poliomyelitis
Conditions
Keywords
ankle-foot orthoses, lower limbs, rehabilitation outpatients, balance confidence, falls
Brief summary
The patients at our Prosthetics and Orthotics Outpatient Clinic who have had an ankle-foot orthosis for at least one year will fill in the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC Scale) for wearing the orthosis and for not wearing the orthosis. They will also answer a mini survey about falls in order to determine whether they have fallen within the last 6 months.
Detailed description
The effect of the orthosis will be estimated as the difference between the two ABC Scale scores. The ABC Scale score and individual items will be compared between the fallers and the non-fallers.
Interventions
DEVICEAnkle-foot orthosis
Ankle-foot orthosis of any type (unilateral or bilateral, standard or carbon fiber, for support or correction)
Sponsors
University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients at our Prosthetics and Orthotics Outpatient Clinic having an ankle-foot orthosis for at least 1 year
Exclusion criteria
* insufficient cognitive ability to fill in the ABC Scale
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ABC Scale | At day 0 | Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC Scale) will be filled in for the confidence without the orthosis and confidence with the orthosis. The ABC Scale is a 16-item self-report measure in which patients rate their balance confidence for performing activities. Each item is rated on a scale from 0 (no confidence) to 100 (complete confidence). Overall score is the average rating across the items. |
Countries
Slovenia
Outcome results
None listed