I-Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO), idivayisi yezokwelapha eyinkimbinkimbi, iklanyelwe ukuhlinzeka ngokusekela okuhlosiwe nokuzinza ezifundeni zamaqakala nezinyawo, ithuthukise ukuhamba nokunciphisa ukungaphatheki kahle kubantu ababhekene nokukhubazeka okuhlukahlukene kwezitho ezingezansi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kungenxa yezimo zemizwa, ukulimala, noma ukukhubazeka kokuzalwa, i-AFO isebenza njengosizo olubalulekile ekwenzeni lula imisebenzi yansuku zonke kanye nokwenza ngcono ikhwalithi yokuphila iyonke.