Actively Recruiting
Comparing Digitally and Traditionally Made Ankle Foot Orthoses
Led by Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital · Updated on 2025-11-20
50
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
81 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The research is being done to compare two methods of creating AFOs: 1. The traditional method, which involves manually creating a mold from a plaster cast of the client's limb. This is time-consuming and labor-intensive; and 2. The newer method uses digital technology, such as 3D scanning and printing, to design and produce the AFOs, potentially making the process faster and less costly. We want to know whether AFOs made using digital technology can provide the same clinical benefits as those made traditionally.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Comparing Digitally and Traditionally Made Ankle Foot Orthoses
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Participants must be aged 8 years or older.
- Participants should have flaccid or spastic paresis due to cerebral palsy, stroke, spinal cord injury, spina bifida, or traumatic peripheral nerve injury causing lower limb mobility impairments.
- Participants must require a custom articulating, rigid, or energy storage and return (ESR) AFO to improve physical function for one or both sides.
- Participants must be able to walk independently, with or without gait aids.
- Participants must be able to complete questionnaires with no more than orienting guidance.
- Participants must qualify for Assistive Devices Program (ADP) funding for their AFO.
You will not qualify if you...
- Individuals whose primary AFO goal includes wound management.
- Individuals who do not wear an AFO for walking.
- Individuals with insensate feet or a history of foot ulcers.
- First-time AFO users.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Boundless Biomechanical Bracing
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L4W5A8
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4G1R8
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Calvin Ngan, PhD
CONTACT
G
Gloria Lee, MSc
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
4
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