Charcot neuroarthropathy affects the bones of the foot and ankle. I will be getting an AFO brace. AFO stands for ankle-foot orthosis. It's an orthotic foot brace that will help correct the ...

AFO: Ankle-foot orthosis; CP: Cerebral palsy; CPUP: Cerebral palsy follow up programme and quality registry; GMFCS: Gross motor function classification system; ROM: Joint range of motion.

But a more common orthopedic technology, called an ankle-foot orthosis, or AFO, has seen little advancement in the specialized field. An AFO is a brace that helps correct and support muscular ...

People with poliomyelitis would walk more normally with the new powered knee-ankle-foot orthosis developed by Mokhtar Arazpour, a researcher and faculty member at the University of Social Welfare and ...

[8,9] The ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) is the most frequently used type of orthoses in the lower limb. [10] AFOs are designed to address two main concerns; either to improve function or to affect the ...