A novel device to evaluate the stiffness of ankle-foot orthosis devices.

摘要: The evaluation of mechanical behavior plastic Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO) is important since AFO can provide an efficient support to patients with disabilities in locomotion. This paper reports on a novel testing apparatus that allows: (a) the stiffness sagittal and frontal planes; (b) conduction semi-automatic trials; and, finally, (c) global accuracy associated values always less than 4%. are determined by measurements imposed relative displacements between foot shank orthosis induced reaction forces. data collected together exact 2-D approach, those provided gait analysis systems, allows better understand alteration ankle orthosis, improve clinical management patients.