Jason Wilken
This study is designed to support evidence-based practice and optimal care by evaluating how different configurations of two types of carbon fiber custom dynamic orthoses (CDOs) influences outcomes following traumatic lower extremity injury.
This study is designed to evaluate how different configurations of two types of carbon fiber custom dynamic orthoses (CDOs) influence outcomes following traumatic lower extremity injury. In this study, adult participants who still experiencing deficits including weakness and/or immobility more than two years post traumatic lower extremity injury will be randomized and fit with either modular or monolithic CDO. Participants will then be evaluated without a CDO and with the CDO in three configurations in a randomized order: a proposed optimal benchmark configuration, a variation with the device…
Inclusion Criteria: * Between the ages of 18 and 65 * 2 or more years from a traumatic injury below the knee * Ability to be fit with an orthosis * Any of the following: * Weakness of ankle plantarflexors (\<4/5 on manual muscle test) * Limited pain-free ankle motion (dorsiflexion (DF) \<10° or plantarflexion (PF) \<20°) * Mechanical pain with loading to hindfoot/midfoot (\>=4/10 Numerical pain rating scale) * Fusion or candidate for fusion of the ankle or hindfoot * Candidate for amputation secondary to ankle/foot injury and impairment Exclusion Criteria: * Pain greater than 8/1…
The CDO will use a modular design that includes a full length foot plate, a posterior carbon fiber strut, and a proximal cuff that wraps around the leg just below the knee.
The CDO will use a mono design that includes a full length foot plate, a posterior carbon fiber strut, and a proximal cuff that wraps around the leg just below the knee.
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