Tuned Versus Untuned Ankle-foot Orthoses in Children and Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy (AFO)
Cerebral Palsy
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Cerebral Palsy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients in outpatient treatment from the University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
- Informed Consent provided as documented by signature
- Confirmed diagnosis of cerebral palsy
- Confirmed diagnosis of spastic equinus and/ or drop foot,
- Gait pathologies treated with conventional AFO
- Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level I or II
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other neuromuscular diseases
- Previous surgical treatment to improve gait pathologies
- Injections of Botulinum toxin 6 month prior to study inclusion
- Inability or unwillingness to follow the procedures of the gait analysis
Sites / Locations
- University of Basel Children's Hospital (UKBB)Recruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Experimental
barefoot
shoes only
untuned AFO with shoes
tuned AFO with shoes
Gait analysis under 4 conditions (barefoot, shoes only, untuned AFO with shoes, tuned AFO with shoes) will be performed in a random order.
Gait analysis under 4 conditions (barefoot, shoes only, untuned AFO with shoes, tuned AFO with shoes) will be performed in a random order.
Gait analysis under 4 conditions (barefoot, shoes only, untuned AFO with shoes, tuned AFO with shoes) will be performed in a random order.
Gait analysis under 4 conditions (barefoot, shoes only, untuned AFO with shoes, tuned AFO with shoes) will be performed in a random order.