Agilik
Robotic, smart orthosis for rehabilitation and daily wear easly combined with a custom KAFO - Orthoservice Ro+Ten sole official distribuitor of Agilik
Gait Biomechanics
- Increase step length
- Improve knee extension during stance and swing gait phases Ambulation
Abilities
- Increase walking distance and speed
- Increase overall fitness
- Reduce energy costs
Effectiveness of Physical Therapy
- May increase amount of time spent in physical therapy by increasing the accessibility of home-based care
- May improve the productivity of home-based and outpatient physical therapy
- Moves therapy from child-passive to child-active approach, thereby potentially increasing patient adherence and focus on treatment
Long-term Patient Implications
- May reduce fatigue and joint deterioration
- May reduce progression of muscle contractures
- May increase patient time in physical therapy
The Agilik is intended for orthotic fittings of the lower limbs.
Intended User Profile
The Agilik is intended for patients with lower extremity weakness resulting in gait pathology such as, but not limited to crouch gait from a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, incomplete spinal cord injury or poststroke hemiparesis. It is intended for patients aged 5 years and above, who can understand and follow simple directions based on a parental report and physician observations during recent history and physical examination, and able to walk at least 3m (10 feet) without stopping with or without a walking aid. It is the responsibility of the therapist/clinician to determine if the patient is physically and cognitively able to use and understand the product.
Contraindications
- Children below the age of 5 years, body weight below 20 Kg or body weight above 125 Kg.
- Orthoprosthesis
- Patient swing phase initiation is not possible
- Moderate to severe spasticity (as determined by the clinician)
- Flexion contracture of more than 20° in the knee and/or hip joint