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A group of 18 children with spastic hemiplegia was recruited. A biomechanical multivariable comparison was made between barefoot and with AFO running trials. The focus was devoted to bilateral sagittal plane hip, knee, ankle kinematics and kinetics, and three-dimensional ground reaction forces. Wearing the orthoses, the children were found to reduce cadence and the duration of the stance phase as well as increase the step and stride length. The new AFO resulted in significant changes in kinematics of affected ankle both at initial contact 0\u20133% GC (p &lt; 0.017) and during the entire swing phase 31\u2013100%GC (p &lt; 0.001) being the ankle more dorsiflexed with AFO compared to barefoot condition. Ankle power was found to differ significantly both in absorption and generation 5\u201310%GC (p &lt; 0.001); 21\u201327%GC (p &lt; 0.001) with a reduction in both cases when the AFO was worn. 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