Indication Of Floor Reaction Orthosis

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Indication of floor reaction orthosis.

It is a stance phase control orthosis. Browse over 1 million classes created by top students professors publishers and experts spanning the world s body of learnable knowledge. Solid ankle designs available. It holds the ankle in equinus to prevent the heel from touching the ground.

Generally formed from polypropylene there are several variations on the grafo but all include an anterior shell which captures the tibia proximally. Cva w quadricep weakness. Floor reaction afo front view. To provide ground reaction forces to the knee which assist in stabilizing the knee during ambulation.

Contraindications hip flexion contracture 30 knee flexion contracture 20 and a thigh foot angle 15 external. As the body weight brings the heel downwards the supra patellar band will press the knee back preventing knee from buckling during stance phase. Dorsiflexion assist for foot drop. In these cases the floor reaction afo functions to maintain the affected joints in proper alignment to accentuate knee extension at midstance and compensate for weak or absent gastroc soleus calf muscles.

A ground floor reaction ankle foot orthosis grafo or frafo is a type of custom fabricated molded plastic afo capable of triplanar control of the foot ankle complex.