TY - JOUR AU - Ielapi, A. AU - Vasiliauskaite, E. AU - Hendrickx, M. AU - Forward, M. AU - Lammens, N. AU - Van Paepegem, W. AU - Deckers, J. P. AU - Vermandel, M. AU - De Beule, M. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/05 TI - A novel experimental setup for evaluating the stiffness of ankle foot orthoses JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 649 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - The purpose of this study was the construction of a new semi-automated experimental setup for the evaluation of the stiffness of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) around an axis aligned to the anatomical ankle joint during the second rocker of the gait. The setup, developed in close collaboration with the orthopedic device company V!GO NV (Wetteren, Belgium), allows measurement of plantarflexion and dorsiflexion in the sagittal plane for a maximal range of motion of 50° (− 25° plantarflexion up to 25° dorsiflexion) in a non-destructive way. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3752-4 DO - 10.1186/s13104-018-3752-4 ID - Ielapi2018 ER -