Responses - Houdini straps
Cheryl Lewis
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Title:
Responses - Houdini straps
Creator:
Cheryl Lewis
Date:
12/2/2014
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Here are the responses I rec'd. Thanks to all for their suggestions - I have decided to go with the Spaenaur clip option for this case. Some of the other options like doubling up velcro also work - in this case the child already figured that one out. On the up side, this little one has proven that despite his developmental delay and verbal issues, his problem solving skills are excellent! We will see how he does with the clips!
I am posting all of the responses - I looked in to the Boa system and the M2 racheting system. Both of those look very interesting but somewhat bulky for an ankle strap. I will keep them in mind for the future though!
Responses:
Call cascade DAFO. They make a
strap for parents and very difficult for kids
Try ski boot binding straps. They ratchet shut so the tension
is adjustable and they require some advanced dexterity to open and shut.
Another alternative is the BOA closures available at <URL Redacted>
Talk
to Cascade DAFO, Tom Beall CPO
For very young children I make a Velcro sandwich. Bear with me this should be much easier if I could show you a picture. After you close the strap there is a second piece of Velcro typically hook that goes back across the free end of the strap. That way you have to pull the closure strap then the actual strap. Most little kids get one pull figured out but don't get the second pull figured out. Sorry if that's not a good description.
For one particularly obnoxious two-year-old in a WHFO we actually fastened the end of the strap down with a Chicago screw. Of course mom was much more willing to put the screw in and take the screw out because it was easier than bringing him back for a new device after he fed the old one to the dog. That, and since it was on his hand it was easy to get to unlike an AFO.--------------Doesn't national shoe carry these kind of clips?
I have a clip like you're talking about. I get them from spaenaur ...
don't recall what they call them but I can get you the number and send a
photo on Monday. I use them on my kids who figure out how to undo the
velcro. They are low profile as the male end of the clip will slip thru
the d loop easily. The only problem I run into is that if for some
reason the strap needs to be either done tighter or looser then the clip
doesn't line up properly (tighter is ok actually) but in general they
work great.
give
Mike a call at M2. 802-655-2364 if he doesn't have what you need he
will make it for you. His web site is
ratchetingbuckles.com
I think it is the BOA system that has a key to unlock. Also found on all the EXOS bracing from DJO
I have a kid who meets the same
description coming later today, and I am planning on zip ties, if necessary.
Add eyelets along the straps, or loops sewn in, and the parents can put
zip ties through, and can just snip them off when taking off. I have
added zip ties to cervical braces on brain injury patients when it was
necessary.
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Cheryl Lewis BSc(HK), CO(c)
Certified Orthotist
Owner, CK Ortho Inc
Ph 519-436-9670
I am posting all of the responses - I looked in to the Boa system and the M2 racheting system. Both of those look very interesting but somewhat bulky for an ankle strap. I will keep them in mind for the future though!
Responses:
Call cascade DAFO. They make a
strap for parents and very difficult for kids
Try ski boot binding straps. They ratchet shut so the tension
is adjustable and they require some advanced dexterity to open and shut.
Another alternative is the BOA closures available at <URL Redacted>
Talk
to Cascade DAFO, Tom Beall CPO
For very young children I make a Velcro sandwich. Bear with me this should be much easier if I could show you a picture. After you close the strap there is a second piece of Velcro typically hook that goes back across the free end of the strap. That way you have to pull the closure strap then the actual strap. Most little kids get one pull figured out but don't get the second pull figured out. Sorry if that's not a good description.
For one particularly obnoxious two-year-old in a WHFO we actually fastened the end of the strap down with a Chicago screw. Of course mom was much more willing to put the screw in and take the screw out because it was easier than bringing him back for a new device after he fed the old one to the dog. That, and since it was on his hand it was easy to get to unlike an AFO.--------------Doesn't national shoe carry these kind of clips?
I have a clip like you're talking about. I get them from spaenaur ...
don't recall what they call them but I can get you the number and send a
photo on Monday. I use them on my kids who figure out how to undo the
velcro. They are low profile as the male end of the clip will slip thru
the d loop easily. The only problem I run into is that if for some
reason the strap needs to be either done tighter or looser then the clip
doesn't line up properly (tighter is ok actually) but in general they
work great.
give
Mike a call at M2. 802-655-2364 if he doesn't have what you need he
will make it for you. His web site is
ratchetingbuckles.com
I think it is the BOA system that has a key to unlock. Also found on all the EXOS bracing from DJO
I have a kid who meets the same
description coming later today, and I am planning on zip ties, if necessary.
Add eyelets along the straps, or loops sewn in, and the parents can put
zip ties through, and can just snip them off when taking off. I have
added zip ties to cervical braces on brain injury patients when it was
necessary.
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Cheryl Lewis BSc(HK), CO(c)
Certified Orthotist
Owner, CK Ortho Inc
Ph 519-436-9670
Citation
Cheryl Lewis, “Responses - Houdini straps,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/236959.
