Knee Brace

Knee Brace

Ashok N.M.

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

>Dear Friends,

>I am Ashok from Singapore, I would like to share a experience about >a
patient with knee problem. She is 49 years old, and she weighs >about
80 kg, and about 4 months ago, she went for a Knee arthroscopy, >After
the surgery, she had pain on the left knee for which we gave a >custom
made Knee brace made up of Fabric reinforced with joints, but >because
of the big size the elastic rolled over, so we tried one with >aluminium
but she finds it difficult because of its bulkiness.

N.M.ASHOK, DPOE.,
PROSTHETIST ORTHOTIST,
singapore.

 Abstracts of Replies/Comments:

A patient of that size probably requires a custom made rigid knee brace
for protection and security.It is difficult to recommend without knowing
the diagnosis. The custome Townsend Air or Custom fit Rebel or Rebel-X
are viable choices.

From,
Jim Fitzpatrick, CP


On a Similar patient we had the original manufacture of the Knee
Orthosis (in our case Bell Horn) add an Esastic Gusset to increase the
size in the thigh area. That worked well enough for our patient(4'11,
345 lbs) Good luck.

Terry Supan, CPO,
Associate Professor,
Director, Orthotic Prosthetic Services,
SIU school of Medicine, Springfield, IL.


Thanks for your comments, As was away from the Town, I could not post
the replies immediately, Sorry for the delay.

We are working out with the suggestions, I will let you know the
outcome.

N.M.ASHOK, DPOE,
Singapore.
E-mail: <Email Address Redacted>


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