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Introducing a Surgical Procedure for an Implantable FES Device and Its Outcome

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The adult paralytic foot or drop foot is a secondary related foot deformity, which usually arises due to neurogenic damage (Kunst et al. in Stroke 42:2126–2130, 2011; Truelsen et al. in European Journal of Neurology 13:581–598, 2006). The lack of neural innervation of the muscles, which play a major role in ankle dorsiflexion—M. tibialis anterior, Mm. peronei, M. extensor digitorum longus, and M. extensor halluces longus—can cause a secondary malposition of the foot. As a dorsiflexion of the ankle cannot be actively provoked, this leads to a domination of the flexors and as a secondary outcome to a shortening of these muscles and their tendons. Similarly, it may also lead to a malposition in supination (www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/foot-drop/basics/definition/con-20032918).

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  1. OTC Regensburg—Foot and Ankle Division, Paracelsusstrasse 2, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

    Kiriakos Daniilidis

  2. Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials (LBB) of the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Eike Jakubowitz

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery Diakovere Annastift, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Daiwei Yao

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  1. Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Pavia, Italy

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  2. SRH Gesundheitszentrum Bad Wimpfen , Bad Wimpfen, Germany

    Volker Homberg

  3. Department of Neurology, Hospital Hochzirl, Zirl, Austria

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  4. Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, Verona University, Verona, Italy

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  5. Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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Daniilidis, K., Jakubowitz, E., Yao, D. (2018). Introducing a Surgical Procedure for an Implantable FES Device and Its Outcome. In: Sandrini, G., Homberg, V., Saltuari, L., Smania, N., Pedrocchi, A. (eds) Advanced Technologies for the Rehabilitation of Gait and Balance Disorders. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72736-3_27

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