Background Ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) is the most frequently used type of orthosis in children with cerebral palsy (CP). AFOs are designed either to improve function or to prevent or treat muscle ...

(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Getty Images Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith no longer needs the ankle foot orthosis (AFO) brace for drop foot. Smith told Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ...

Jaylon Smith doesn’t even know where his ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) brace is anymore. The Cowboys linebacker just knows he’s not wearing it. “Everything just feels better, from my emotion to my ...

An ankle-foot orthotic, or AFO, is a brace that controls the kinematics and kinetics of the ankles while also compensating for weakening or correcting irregularities.

[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 ...