The Effect of Ankle Foot Orthesis on Task-oriented Treatment in Stroke

7-station exercise protocol was designed, consisting of motor activities progressing from easy to difficult, with the goal of transforming these activities into permanent skills through meaningful tasks. Each station aimed to gradually improve the patient's motor abilities. Patients were allowed to rest between tasks, and the difficulty of the tasks progressively increased based on each patient's capacity. This 7-station protocol was designed for the first time by our own research team

In addition to the task-oriented training program, the group using plastic static ankle-foot orthoses performed the same 7-station exercise protocol as the task oriented training group. However, participants in this group were required to wear custom-made plastic static ankle-foot orthoses while completing the exercises.