Selectively Lockable Knee Brace
P&O Clinical Office E-Mail Account
Description
Collection
Title:
Selectively Lockable Knee Brace
Creator:
P&O Clinical Office E-Mail Account
Date:
9/14/1999
Text:
Dear List
I kept an article on file from O & P Business News, Jan 15 1998 about this
type of joint that Nasa and Horton's Orthotic Lab designed to facilitate the
gait of patients with lower extremity weakness. I have a patient who has
progressive myopathy and doesn't want to pursue bilat. locking KAFO's. He
has grade 1 quads and hamstrings. Amazingly he walks very well without
braces and free swinging knees but locks the legs at midstance for
stability. I believe this brace is appropriate for this individual but I
have been unsuccessful at sourcing out the lab. Does anyone have knowledge
of this design or product? Is it available yet to Certified Orthotists?
Thank you in advance.
David Filipovic C.O.(c).
Sudbury Regional Hospital
Prosthetics and Orthotics
41 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
P3E 5J1
705-522-2200 ext.3157
<Email Address Redacted>
I kept an article on file from O & P Business News, Jan 15 1998 about this
type of joint that Nasa and Horton's Orthotic Lab designed to facilitate the
gait of patients with lower extremity weakness. I have a patient who has
progressive myopathy and doesn't want to pursue bilat. locking KAFO's. He
has grade 1 quads and hamstrings. Amazingly he walks very well without
braces and free swinging knees but locks the legs at midstance for
stability. I believe this brace is appropriate for this individual but I
have been unsuccessful at sourcing out the lab. Does anyone have knowledge
of this design or product? Is it available yet to Certified Orthotists?
Thank you in advance.
David Filipovic C.O.(c).
Sudbury Regional Hospital
Prosthetics and Orthotics
41 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
P3E 5J1
705-522-2200 ext.3157
<Email Address Redacted>
Citation
P&O Clinical Office E-Mail Account, “Selectively Lockable Knee Brace,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/213172.
