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™ 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