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This study aimed on developing a low-cost ankle continuous passive motion (CPM) machine and to check the effectiveness of the CPM in increasing the passive range of motion (PROM) of ankle dorsiflexion in stroke patients of sub-acute phase. A quasi-experimental study was conducted. Stroke patients in sub-acute phase who are having inadequate PROM of ankle dorsiflexion was selected as the participant of the study. The patients were given intervention using the newly developed low cost ankle CPM. The duration of the study lasted upto 2 weeks (5 sessions per week; total 10 sessions per participant). Each session remained for 20 minutes. Goniometry was used as an evaluation tool and collected the pretest and posttest data. The data were subjected to statistical analysis using the Statistical Package For The Social Sciences (SPSS) 26 ver. The calculations were carried out using the Paired-t test. The significant value or 'p' value was obtained and it was proved that there is a significant improvement in the posttest scores of PROM of ankle dorsiflexion when compared to the pretest scores. The study concludes that the PROM of ankle dorsiflexion can be improved using the newly developed, low-cost ankle continuous passive motion machine (CPM).