The influence of early or delayed provision of ankle-foot orthoses on pelvis, hip and knee kinematics in patients with sub-acute stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Results indicate that early or delayed AFO-use post-stroke does not influence pelvis, hip and knee movements after 26 weeks, despite that AFO-use properly corrected drop-foot. AFOs should be provided to improve drop-foot post-stroke, but not with the intention to influence development of compensatory patterns around pelvis and hip.