RE Quad assist orthosis
Juan Chow LO
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Collection
Title:
RE Quad assist orthosis
Creator:
Juan Chow LO
Date:
11/9/2020
Text:
Thank you everyone for your responses. As I was going thru them I
believe what the doctor was referring was a custom KO with surgical
tubing attached to the upper and lower bands running thru the front of
the knee joint. I probably would have gone with the other suggested
options like the Becker GX knee or the Thuasne with the flexion assist.
We ended up asking the doctor to refer the patient to another provider
(his idea) since I wasn't sure exact what the orthosis would look ( and
I didn't want to experiment on the patient) and the doctor started to
insult me since I was not familiar with the orthosis. He even questioned
my education since I have never seen this brace before.
Again thank your all of your responses, all of them well great with
different ideas on how to tackle the problem at hand.
Juan Chow LO
-----Original Message-----
From: Juan Chow LO < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Sent: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 15:44
Subject: [OANDP-L] Quad assist orthosis
Hello everyone,
I hope someone can help, I have a doctor that ordered a quad assist
orthosis. The patient had polio with both limbs affected. He has never
used orthoses. He has weak quads and good hamstrings. The doctor that
ordered the orthosis is old fashioned and says he has ordered about 6 in
the past 30 years. His explanation of the orthosis is that it has metal
bands at the calf and thigh with what he says is an suspension support
like what old patients would use for BKA. He states that there is a tube
that relaxes as the knee bends and contracts to assists the quads. I
have never heard of this type of orthosis and a google search has
yielded nothing that looks at what he describes. Has anybody seen or
heard of anything like this?
Your help is greatly appreciated,
Juan Chow LO
Accion Rehabilitation
believe what the doctor was referring was a custom KO with surgical
tubing attached to the upper and lower bands running thru the front of
the knee joint. I probably would have gone with the other suggested
options like the Becker GX knee or the Thuasne with the flexion assist.
We ended up asking the doctor to refer the patient to another provider
(his idea) since I wasn't sure exact what the orthosis would look ( and
I didn't want to experiment on the patient) and the doctor started to
insult me since I was not familiar with the orthosis. He even questioned
my education since I have never seen this brace before.
Again thank your all of your responses, all of them well great with
different ideas on how to tackle the problem at hand.
Juan Chow LO
-----Original Message-----
From: Juan Chow LO < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Sent: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 15:44
Subject: [OANDP-L] Quad assist orthosis
Hello everyone,
I hope someone can help, I have a doctor that ordered a quad assist
orthosis. The patient had polio with both limbs affected. He has never
used orthoses. He has weak quads and good hamstrings. The doctor that
ordered the orthosis is old fashioned and says he has ordered about 6 in
the past 30 years. His explanation of the orthosis is that it has metal
bands at the calf and thigh with what he says is an suspension support
like what old patients would use for BKA. He states that there is a tube
that relaxes as the knee bends and contracts to assists the quads. I
have never heard of this type of orthosis and a google search has
yielded nothing that looks at what he describes. Has anybody seen or
heard of anything like this?
Your help is greatly appreciated,
Juan Chow LO
Accion Rehabilitation
Citation
Juan Chow LO, “RE Quad assist orthosis,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/255087.
