Feasibility study investigating the effect of a novel splint device on gait characteristics of a paediatric population with footdrop

可行性研究调查新型夹板装置对足下垂儿科步态特征的影响

• 批准号: 10025587
• 金额: $ 26.25万
• 依托单位: ORTHOPED LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10025587
• 关键词: Feasibility; study; investigating; effect; novel

An innovative splint is being developed to assist children with footdrop to walk safely and with more energy efficiency. Footdrop is muscle weakness/paralysis resulting in difficulty lifting the front part of the foot, which causes frequent falls. The benefit of using the OrthoPed splint is that ankle muscles will be used to lift the foot when walking, with the OrthoPed splint providing the extra support that the child is lacking. Currently there isn't an active-assisted splint to support small children with moderate footdrop, the OrthoPed splint fills this need.The OrthoPed splint has been tested in a laboratory and is now ready for a feasibility study focussing on recruitment of children with footdrop, useability and compliance with study procedures (walking patterns and gait analysis). This project is in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. We will be able to use the data collected to demonstrate that the OrthoPed splint improves the walking pattern of children with footdrop. This should help us to gain further funding in the future for the clinical trials needed before the OrthoPed splint can be sold.

正在开发一种创新的夹板，以帮助脚轮安全行走，并提高能源效率。脚道是肌肉无力/麻痹，导致难以提升脚的前部，这会导致频繁跌落。使用骨质夹板的好处是，脚踝肌肉将在行走时抬起脚，而矫形夹板可提供孩子缺乏的额外支撑。目前，还没有积极的辅助夹板来支持中等脚轮的小孩，矫形夹板填补了这一需求。矫形夹板已经在实验室中进行了测试，现在可以准备进行可行性研究，重点是招募脚注，用途，使用者，步行模式和步行模式和步行分析）的儿童。该项目与朴茨茅斯大学和朴茨茅斯医院NHS Trust合作。我们将能够使用收集的数据来证明骨质的夹板可以改善脚轮儿童的步行模式。这应该有助于我们将来在未来获得所需的临床试验的进一步资金，然后才能出售矫形夹板。