Effect of Ankle-foot Orthoses on Balance Confidence

The patients at our Prosthetics and Orthotics Outpatient Clinic who have had an ankle-foot orthosis for at least one year will fill in the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC Scale) for wearing the orthosis and for not wearing the orthosis. They will also answer a mini survey about falls in order to determine whether they have fallen within the last 6 months.

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Key information

Conditions

Peripheral Nerve Disease Autoimmune Diseases Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Central Nervous System Infections Cerebral Palsy Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS Demyelinating Diseases Enterovirus Infections Immune System Diseases Infections Multiple Sclerosis Myelitis Nervous System Diseases Neuroinflammatory Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Peripheral Nerve Injury Lower Limb Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Picornaviridae Infections Poliomyelitis RNA Virus Infections Spinal Cord Diseases Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia

Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia

About this study

The effect of the orthosis will be estimated as the difference between the two ABC Scale scores. The ABC Scale score and individual items will be compared between the fallers and the non-fallers.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

patients at our Prosthetics and Orthotics Outpatient Clinic having an ankle-foot orthosis for at least 1 year

Exclusion criteria

insufficient cognitive ability to fill in the ABC Scale

Treatment and study plan

Ankle-Foot Orthosis

Device

Ankle-foot orthosis of any type (unilateral or bilateral, standard or carbon fiber, for support or correction)

Primary outcomes

ABC Scale

Time frame: At day 0

Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC Scale) will be filled in for the confidence without the orthosis and confidence with the orthosis. The ABC Scale is a 16-item self-report measure in which patients rate their balance confidence for performing activities. Each item is rated on a scale from 0 (no confidence) to 100 (complete confidence). Overall score is the average rating across the items.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Ankle-foot Orthoses on Patients' Confidence in Balance-related Activities

Acronym: ABCOGS

Important dates

Study start: 2020
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Sep 6, 2019
Registry last updated: Feb 15, 2021

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