Leg brace
A leg brace is any implement, often used in pairs, but sometimes alone, which is placed on the leg of a human in order to support them, often to walk, or to hold the area in place when a bone of the area has been fractured. They are often made out of plastic. Metal was used for a long time prior to the invention of plastic, but is now not used anymore.
Leg Brace Media
A pair of AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) braces being used to aid bilateral foot drop
Patient after spinal cord injury with incomplete paraplegia (lesion height L3) with a knee-ankle-foot orthosis with an integrated stance phase control knee joint
Description of the functions of the large muscle groups used to define the functional elements of a paralysis orthosis intended to compensate for restricted muscle functions.
The Amsterdam Gait Classification facilitates the assessment of the gait pattern in CP patients and patients with traumatic brain injury and helps to determine the gait type
The N.A.P. Gait classification facilitates the assessment of the gait pattern in stroke patients and helps to determine the gait type
Determination of the strength levels of the large muscle groups, taking into account the muscular fatigue typical of MS patients using the example of the muscle group of the dorsal extensors
Ankle-foot orthosis for the care of patients after stroke, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and other paralyzes of the dorsiflexors and plantar flexors. (Designation of the orthosis according to the body parts included in the orthosis fitting: ankle and foot, English abbreviation: AFO for ankle-foot orthoses)
Ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) manufactured using old technology from polypropylene in a variant that is also called "Hinged AFO". It can be used to support an isolated foot drop, but it will block plantar flexion. This AFO cannot transmit the high forces required to counterbalance weak plantar flexors while standing and walking.
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