Colleague query
David FM Cooney, PT, CPO
Description
Collection
Title:
Colleague query
Creator:
David FM Cooney, PT, CPO
Date:
3/19/2010
Text:
A forwarded request from a colleague currently unable to log-on to the list:
Subject: Full Stride KAFO's
Does someone have info they would like to share regarding using bilateral Full
Stride KAFO’s for an incomplete SCI patient. Currently I have a patient who
uses a pair of locked KAFO’s and walks with forearm crutches. He is able to
traverse very well (walks 3-4 city blocks at a time) but would like to have
some input from a patient/practitioner with similar condition prior to initiating
fabrication. Specifically, is there a decrease in energy expenditures? Does the
walking get easier or faster? If you have any input or if you have a patient
that my client can talk to, please let me know.
Much obliged.
Rudy B. Parada CPO
<Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Full Stride KAFO's
Does someone have info they would like to share regarding using bilateral Full
Stride KAFO’s for an incomplete SCI patient. Currently I have a patient who
uses a pair of locked KAFO’s and walks with forearm crutches. He is able to
traverse very well (walks 3-4 city blocks at a time) but would like to have
some input from a patient/practitioner with similar condition prior to initiating
fabrication. Specifically, is there a decrease in energy expenditures? Does the
walking get easier or faster? If you have any input or if you have a patient
that my client can talk to, please let me know.
Much obliged.
Rudy B. Parada CPO
<Email Address Redacted>
Citation
David FM Cooney, PT, CPO, “Colleague query,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231237.
