Rat Trap BK Orthosis

Mark Raabe

Description

Title:

Rat Trap BK Orthosis

Creator:

Mark Raabe

Date:

3/23/2006

Text:

Dear Colleagues,

Presented with following:

Dx: 66yo Male Pensioner

      92 CVA with resultant Left Hemiplegic Foot drop

      Mild extensor pattern tone - 1+/5 Modified Ashworth Scale

      Good ROM - 5˚ Dorsiflexion, 50˚ Plantar Flexion @ ankle

      Wearing OTS Leaf-spring AFO.

 

Client requested specific external AFO.

Description matched old rat-trap style Dorsiflexion spring device.

BUT he insisted that this device required no pin or ferrule to be inserted
to heel.

Rather it had an adjustable saddle arrangement that wrapped

behind the heel counter and under the heel block of the shoe.

Specific desire to avoid modification to footwear!

Please advise if there was or still is such a device.

Will post replies.

Mark Raabe

OrthoSynergy Pty Ltd

P: 02 9526 8066

F: 02 9531 2806

E: <Email Address Redacted>

 


                          

Citation

Mark Raabe, “Rat Trap BK Orthosis,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226398.