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Minimization of metabolic cost of transport predicts changes in gait mechanics over a range of ankle-foot orthosis stiffnesses in individuals with bilateral plantar flexor weakness

2022-10-18

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Neuromuscular disorders often lead to ankle plantar flexor muscle weakness, which impairs ankle push-off power and forward propulsion during gait. To improve walking speed and reduce metabolic cost of transport (mCoT), patients with plantar flexor weakness are provided dorsal-leaf spring ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs). The mCoT during gait depends on the AFO stiffness where an optimal AFO stiffness exists that minimiz...

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Literature Corpus work: 303ceb32-f8cd-5f9d-866d-8f002b390f3c
DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.14.512205

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