Texas Turbo AFO, Replies
Kevin Matthews
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Title:
Texas Turbo AFO, Replies
Creator:
Kevin Matthews
Date:
5/3/2010
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Hello all. I had one reply from a practitioner using the design. I know more are using it, but perhaps they are not too enthralled with. We love it in our office. I had another reply about the video and he asked if I benefitted in any way, financially I presume. I have not, it is only a design we put out there for all to peruse and utilize if they see a possible fit in their practice. Good luck and God Bless to all. Kevin
Replies:
I really appreciated your presenting this design on Youtube. I have made 5 or 6 of them so far and been very pleased with the results.
Fabrication is a bit tricky. Your video shows 3 techs working together to mold the plastic. I had one of my office administrators help me with the first one, my wife helped with the second one and i figured out a method to make the third one by myself. It definitely takes some planning and the timing is critical but it can be done.
I have been amazed by the decrease in followup appointments needed with these. The patients I have used them on are able to wear them without going through several additional appointments for re-shaping and padding of their AFOs.
I find that patients with a Posterior Tibial Tendon Deficiency are perhaps the most difficult patients to brace but this design works great for them.
Replies:
I really appreciated your presenting this design on Youtube. I have made 5 or 6 of them so far and been very pleased with the results.
Fabrication is a bit tricky. Your video shows 3 techs working together to mold the plastic. I had one of my office administrators help me with the first one, my wife helped with the second one and i figured out a method to make the third one by myself. It definitely takes some planning and the timing is critical but it can be done.
I have been amazed by the decrease in followup appointments needed with these. The patients I have used them on are able to wear them without going through several additional appointments for re-shaping and padding of their AFOs.
I find that patients with a Posterior Tibial Tendon Deficiency are perhaps the most difficult patients to brace but this design works great for them.
Citation
Kevin Matthews, “Texas Turbo AFO, Replies,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 15, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231490.
