Dr. Elisa Arch has been awarded a $500,000, 3-year grant from the Department of Defense’ Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program. This project entitled “Objective Clinical Prescription of Passive-Dynamic Ankle-Foot Orthoses to Optimize Patient Outcomes” aims to compare effectiveness of traditionally-prescribed, standard of care ankle-foot orthoses to quantitatively-prescribed passive-dynamic ankle-foot orthoses for individuals post-stroke.
This project is a collaboration among investigators at the University of Delaware (Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Physical Therapy, Center for Composite Materials), Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics, Inc., the University of Iowa, and San Diego Naval Medical Center.