Toward understanding changes in joint loading due to reduced knee flexion in post-stroke gait

A brace limiting knee flexion was used to isolate the contributions of stiff-knee gait on contralateral limb loading during walking. Our results suggest that a fixed knee condition during stiff-knee gait does not increase contralateral lower limb joint loading, supported by observations of reduced peak hip flexion, hip abduction and ankle plantarflexion moments.