Abstract
Plastic ankle-foot orthoses are used as effective braces for hemiplegic patients. However, few studies have investigated the mechanical properties derived from the orthoses themselves due to the difficulty in investigating PAFO’s loading condition using sensors which are suitable for orthoses. In a prior study, we developed the mechanical measuring system that included a 6-axes force-torque sensor embedded in the orthosis and analyzed the ambulatory data of healthy subjects using this orthosis. The present study uses the same system to evaluate the ambulatory data of two hemiplegic patients and compares the results with data obtained from healthy subjects.
