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Functional electrical stimulation and ankle foot orthoses provide equivalent therapeutic effects on foot drop : a meta-analysis providing direction for future research (2017)
Journal Article
Prenton, S., Hollands, K., Kenney, L., & Onmanee, P. (2017). Functional electrical stimulation and ankle foot orthoses provide equivalent therapeutic effects on foot drop : a meta-analysis providing direction for future research. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 50(2), https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2289

Objective: To compare the randomized controlled trial evidence for therapeutic effects on walking of functional electrical stimulation and ankle foot orthoses for foot drop caused by central nervous system conditions. Data sources: MEDLINE,... Read More about Functional electrical stimulation and ankle foot orthoses provide equivalent therapeutic effects on foot drop : a meta-analysis providing direction for future research.

A review of the design and clinical evaluation of the ShefStim array-based functional electrical stimulation system (2016)
Journal Article
Kenney, L., Heller, B., Barker, A., Reeves, M., Healey, J., Good, T., …Howard, D. (2016). A review of the design and clinical evaluation of the ShefStim array-based functional electrical stimulation system. Medical Engineering and Physics, 38(11), 1159 -1165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2016.08.005

Functional electrical stimulation has been shown to be a safe and effective means of correcting foot drop of central neurological origin. Current surface-based devices typically consist of a single channel stim- ulator, a sensor for determining gait... Read More about A review of the design and clinical evaluation of the ShefStim array-based functional electrical stimulation system.

Functional electrical stimulation versus ankle foot orthoses for foot-drop : a meta-analysis of orthotic effects (2016)
Journal Article
Prenton, S., Hollands, K., & Kenney, L. (2016). Functional electrical stimulation versus ankle foot orthoses for foot-drop : a meta-analysis of orthotic effects. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 48(8), 646-656. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2136

Objective: To compare the effects on walking of functional electrical stimulation (FES) and ankle foot orthoses for footdrop of central neurological origin, assessed in terms of unassisted walking behaviours compared with assisted walking following... Read More about Functional electrical stimulation versus ankle foot orthoses for foot-drop : a meta-analysis of orthotic effects.

A sock for foot-drop : A preliminary study on two chronic stroke patients (2014)
Journal Article
Prenton, S., Kenney, L., Cooper, G., & Major, M. (2014). A sock for foot-drop : A preliminary study on two chronic stroke patients. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 38(5), 425-430. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364613505107

Foot-drop is a common motor impairment of chronic stroke patients, which may be addressed with an ankle foot orthosis. Although there is reasonable evidence of effectiveness for ankle foot orthoses, user compliance is sometimes poor. This study inves... Read More about A sock for foot-drop : A preliminary study on two chronic stroke patients.

Feasibility study of a take-home array-based functional electrical stimulation system with automated setup for current functional electrical stimulation users with foot-drop (2014)
Journal Article
Prenton, S., Kenney, L., Stapleton, C., Cooper, G., Reeves, M., Heller, B., …Williamson, T. (2014). Feasibility study of a take-home array-based functional electrical stimulation system with automated setup for current functional electrical stimulation users with foot-drop. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 95(10), 1870-1877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.027

Objective To investigate the feasibility of unsupervised community use of an array-based automated setup functional electrical stimulator for current foot-drop functional electrical stimulation (FES) users. Design Feasibility study. S... Read More about Feasibility study of a take-home array-based functional electrical stimulation system with automated setup for current functional electrical stimulation users with foot-drop.

Enhancing public involvement in assistive technology design research (2014)
Journal Article
Williamson, T., Kenney, L., Barker, A., Cooper, G., Good, T., Healey, J., …Smith, C. (2015). Enhancing public involvement in assistive technology design research. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 10(3), 258-265. https://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2014.908247

To appraise the application of accepted good practice guidance on public involvement in assistive technology research and to identify its impact on the research team, the public, device and trial design. Methods: Critical reflection and within-proje... Read More about Enhancing public involvement in assistive technology design research.

The design, development and evaluation of an array-based FES system with automated setup for the correction of drop foot (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Kenney, L., Heller, B., Barker, A., Reeves, M., Healey, J., Good, T., …Howard, D. (2002, August). The design, development and evaluation of an array-based FES system with automated setup for the correction of drop foot. Presented at 9th IFAC Symposium on Biological and Medical Systems, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany

Functional electrical stimulation has been shown to be a safe and effective means of correcting drop foot of central neurological origin. However, despite recent technological advances, the set-up of surface stimulators remains a challenge for many... Read More about The design, development and evaluation of an array-based FES system with automated setup for the correction of drop foot.

The evaluation of and comparative evidence for two types of interventional devices for foot-drop of central neurological origin
Thesis
Prenton, S. (in press). The evaluation of and comparative evidence for two types of interventional devices for foot-drop of central neurological origin. (Thesis). University of Salford

Introduction This thesis focusses on ankle foot orthoses (AFO) and functional electrical stimulation (FES) for the correction of foot-drop. It consists of two parts linked through identification of three gaps in the knowledge base: 1) limitations i... Read More about The evaluation of and comparative evidence for two types of interventional devices for foot-drop of central neurological origin.