Effects of Ankle Foot Orthoses on the Gait Patterns in Children with Spastic Bilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review.
Diogo RicardoMaria Raquel RaposoEduardo Brazete CruzRaul Alexandre Nunes da Silva OliveiraFilomena CarnideAntónio Prieto VelosoFilipa JoãoPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
Overall, the use of AFO in children with spastic bilateral CP minimizes the impact of pathological gait, consistently improving some kinematic, kinetic, and spatial-temporal parameters, and making their gait closer to that of typically developing children. Creating a standardized protocol for future studies involving AFO would facilitate the reporting of new scientific data and help clinicians use their clinical reasoning skills to recommend the best AFO for their patients.