The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the gait of patients with hemiplegia, with or without the use of insole splint. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the insole splint improve the gait of these patients? Does any difference exist in the use of muscles? Participants will have to walk in the gait analysis' aisle with and without the insole splint, using wireless EMG device.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
Insole splint used in 'Pes equinus' in patients with hemiplegia
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
RECRUITINGGait speed
Patients are going to walk 15 metres with speed (meter/second) decided from the patient himself.
Time frame: up to 6 months
Gait cadence
Patients are going to walk 15 meters with speed decided from the patient himself and will measure cadence (number of full steps per minute)
Time frame: up to 6 months
Gait angles
Patients are going to walk 15 meters with speed decided from the patient himself. More specific, the investigators are going to count Ankle angles, Knee angles, Hip angles (in degrees) during gait.
Time frame: up to 6 months
Stride length
Patients are going to walk 15 meters with speed decided from the patient himself. More specific, the investigators are going to count Stride length (a full walking cycle of both feet making 1 step each)
Time frame: up to 6 months
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