Foot Drop
Conditions
Keywords
ankle foot orthosis, validation, survey, gait analysis, biomecanics
Brief summary
Foot drop (weakness or paralysis of the muscles that lift the foot) refers to a condition that prevents people from properly lifting their foot and toes while walking. Foot drop has a negative impact on the balance, mobility, and confidence of people with the condition. Dragging one's toes on an uneven floor or a carpet can lead to tripping and falling. TurboMed Orthotics Inc. has developed various orthoses for several years in order to improve the gait and quality of life for people suffering from foot drop. In order to help clinicians better monitor and assess gait parameters over time, the company wants to offer clinicians a tool for a more rigorous analysis. Thus, the objective of the proposed project is to develop a questionnaire for identifying the clinical need for the data generated by the instrumented orthosis. The instrumented orthosis will also be compared to a reference system in a validation effort.
Interventions
DEVICEInstrumented Orthosis
Gait analysis will be performed with the instrumented orthosis as well as the reference system.
Sponsors
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
Turbomed Orthotics Inc.
TOPMED
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Trial with condition crossover
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
for Patients questionnaire: * Having foot drop Inclusion Criteria for Clinician questionnaire: * Being a clinician who treats foot drop patients Inclusion Criteria for Gait analysis: * Having foot drop
Exclusion criteria
for Gait analysis: * Not being able to walk without a cane or a walker * Having lower extremity spasticity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gait Temporal parameters | During the intervention, 10 walking trials will be assessed, all trials will be performed in the same session | Gait Temporal parameters measured by the instrumented orthosis and the reference system, in seconds, these include the different phase durations(stride, stance and swing). |
| Heel strike angle | During the intervention, 10 walking trials will be assessed, all trials will be performed in the same session | Heel strike angle measured by the instrumented orthosis and the reference system |
| Gait Spatial parameters | During the intervention, 10 walking trials will be assessed, all trials will be performed in the same session | Gait Spatial parameters measured by the instrumented orthosis and the reference system, in meters, these include the length and width of the stride. |
| Gait speed | During the intervention, 10 walking trials will be assessed, all trials will be performed in the same session | Gait speed measured by the instrumented orthosis and the reference system, in meters per second. |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed