Saturday, October 8, 2016

How to wear AFO correctly II

The athetosic children with Intermittent spasm and unstable tension will feel unwellwhen wearing in the beginning.The children will adapt soon according to the method above. 


The method of wearing lower limb orthosis when crawling:

Children find it difficult to crawl with AFO as orthosis prevents ankle from plantar flexion. He can only flex knee further, increase the external rotation degree of hip to crawl forward. Crawling is the primary method that children can move meanwhile explore at the present stage.Children had better take off orthosis when training.

 Caution for siting a long time: The children with AFO may sit on the floor unstably as they often have tendency "W" to sit also AFO will cause instability.Therefore, we must let the child sit on a chair or take off the AFO when they sit a long time.

Sometimes,doctors would like to recommend the AFO from MEDI-REHATEK.



Recently a good article of Wear AFO correctly that shows more detail about wearing AFO.


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