In the last few months 3 new publications have become online;
A review about the effect of AFOs in people with neuromuscular diseases and calf muscle weakness
A retrospective analysis if people with calf muscle weakness adapt their gait to an AFO in the first months after provision
A study demonstrating that the required AFO stiffness can be predicted based on the ankle moment when walking without AFO in people with calf muscle weakness.
van Duijnhoven, E., Waterval, N. F., Koopman, F. S., Esquenazi, A., Nollet, F., & Brehm, M. A. (2025). Ankle‐foot orthoses for improving walking in adults with calf muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (1).
van Duijnhoven, E., van der Kooij, K., Vlot, E., Brehm, M. A., & Waterval, N. F. (2025). Adaptation of functional gait parameters to a newly provided stiffness-optimized ankle-foot orthosis. Clinical Biomechanics, 122, 106428.
Waterval, N. F. J., Arch, E. S., Nollet, F., & Brehm, M. A. (2025). Prediction of the optimal ankle foot-orthosis stiffness based on the peak ankle moment during walking in neuromuscular disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-7.
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