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This group will be instructed to walk on hard surfaces to engage auditory feedback of the VF shoes. This group group will be monitored daily using actigraphy and will receive weekly check-up telephone calls by a member of the research team to record number of steps, walking time, a scale for self-identified effort and perceived safety levels.",[9,16],null,{"type":21,"name":27,"description":28,"armGroupLabels":29,"otherNames":25},"Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO) Training","The control group (B) will be provided an AFO to use on the paretic limb. This group will be instructed to walk on hard surfaces. 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At least 3 months poststroke\n2. Age 18 or older\n3. Possess a prescribed AFO or be a potential candidate for use of an AFO\n4. Can ambulate at least 10m with or without an assistive device such as a cane or walker\n5. Medically stable as determined by physician medical clearance\n6. No expected change in medications for at least 3 months\n7. Adequate stability at the ankle during stance\n8. Ability to hear clicking noise made by the VF shoe\n9. Physician approval\n10. Ability to give informed consent\n11. Able to sit unsupported and be able to follow a three-step command\n12. No unhealed\u002Funresolved orthopedic injury to either upper or lower extremity and no history of severe back pain\n13. English speaking\n14. Willing to follow an exercise program with both devices for at least 30 minutes per day, at least 5 days per week for the full length of the program (6 months)\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. History of falling more than once a week prior to the stroke\n2. Gait speed: self-selected velocity (SSV) greater than 1.2 m\u002Fs\n3. Inability to operate in the devices safely and no caregiver assistance available\n4. Morbid obesity (body mass index \\>40 kg\u002Fm2)\n5. Preexisting conditions such as serious cardiac conditions, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, demand pacemaker, seizures, excessive dysesthetic pain, and severe lower extremity pathology that would interfere with fit or use of the shoe.\n6. Severe deficits in cognition or communication\n7. Pregnant women (status determined by self-reporting).\n8. Co-morbidity that interferes with the study (e.g. significant arthritis or joint problems, history of back injury, neuromuscular disorders, epilepsy, etc.).\n9. Severe Osteoporosis (status determined by self-reporting).\n10. Prisoners\n11. 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