Re: AFO question
Bernard Hewey
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: AFO question
Creator:
Bernard Hewey
Date:
8/13/2001
Text:
The MD is probably referring to a spring-wire type of AFO. When I was
practicing in MN the physiatrists in the University Hospital would refer to
a spring-wire AFO as a CuBe brace (Cu - copper; Be - berylium). Evidently,
this was the composition of the alloy used in the wire. Go figure!
Bernard Hewey
----- Original Message -----
From: RICHARD MILLER < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] AFO question
Hello fellow listees,
Orthotists out there this one's for you.
1. Patient is in a plastic solid-ankle AFO. Specific Dx is not important.
2. Young therapist notices volume changes of leg causing fit-related
problems.
Seeks recommendations for alternative treatment from C.O. and M.D.
3. C.O. recommends metal and leather dorsi-assist, plantar-stop AFO.
4. M.D. suggests using copper-berylium in orthosis construction.
Question: Copper-berylium? How, why, where, what? (Our secretary said it
can be used in bracelets as a treatment for arthritis)
I will post edited replies w/o names.
Rick Miller, C.O.
practicing in MN the physiatrists in the University Hospital would refer to
a spring-wire AFO as a CuBe brace (Cu - copper; Be - berylium). Evidently,
this was the composition of the alloy used in the wire. Go figure!
Bernard Hewey
----- Original Message -----
From: RICHARD MILLER < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] AFO question
Hello fellow listees,
Orthotists out there this one's for you.
1. Patient is in a plastic solid-ankle AFO. Specific Dx is not important.
2. Young therapist notices volume changes of leg causing fit-related
problems.
Seeks recommendations for alternative treatment from C.O. and M.D.
3. C.O. recommends metal and leather dorsi-assist, plantar-stop AFO.
4. M.D. suggests using copper-berylium in orthosis construction.
Question: Copper-berylium? How, why, where, what? (Our secretary said it
can be used in bracelets as a treatment for arthritis)
I will post edited replies w/o names.
Rick Miller, C.O.
Citation
Bernard Hewey, “Re: AFO question,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/217045.
