Tests a powered leg brace for walking in people with leg weakness
Compares a powered knee-ankle brace with usual braces in adults with walking difficulty.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Nomad P-KAFO Study
Key facts
- Where
- Chicago, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 89 years old?
Source: NCT05644522, who can take part
Where in United States
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLabChicago, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Trial code
- NCT05644522
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of using the Nomad powered KAFO in people who have had a musculoskeletal or neurological injury that has affected their ability to walk. The main questions it aims to answer are to quantify the effectiveness of the Nomad in improving mobility, balance, frequency of falls, and quality of life in individuals with lower-extremity impairments compared to their own brace, over three months of daily home and community use.Read full original descriptionShow less
Power Forward Study: A Cross-Sector, Multisite Clinical Trial of a Powered Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of using the Nomad powered KAFO in people who have had a musculoskeletal or neurological injury that has affected their ability to walk. The main questions it aims to answer are to quantify the effectiveness of the Nomad in improving mobility, balance, frequency of falls, and quality of life in individuals with lower-extremity impairments compared to their own brace, over three months of daily home and community use.
Participants will:
* Wear a sensor that records everyday activities and mobility. * Perform measures of mobility and different activities of participation using their own brace. * Perform measures of mobility and different activities of participation using the Nomad powered KAFO
Inclusion: Regular and compliant use of a unilateral or bilateral KAFO or SCO or other passive KAFOs for impairment due to neurological or neuromuscular disease, orthopedic disease, or trauma; Cognitive ability to understand and follow the study protocol; willingness to provide informed consent; Willing to wear and charge an activity monitor for three-months home trials.
Exclusion: Flexion contracture in the knee and/or hip joint in excess of 15 degrees; Non-correctable knee varus/valgus in excess of 15 degrees; Severe spasticity; Inability to stabilize the trunk with or without assistive devices (crutches, canes, etc.).