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Factors Influencing the Joint Angles of Lower Extremities from an Orthotic Perspective – Individual Normal Posture and the Reconstruction of Joint Angles when Making the Negative Cast
- Authors: Almut Dünnwald1, Daniel Sabbagh2, Jörg Fior3, Ralf Gentz3
- Institutions: 1FIOR & GENTZ GmbH – Technical Support, 2FIOR & GENTZ GmbH – Scientific Editing, 3FIOR & GENTZ GmbH – Management
Summary: Custom-made orthoses for lower extremities can enable patients with neurological indications to walk or contribute significantly to improving their gait. For the efficacy of an orthosis, however, the orthosis alignment, which has been determined during the making of the negative cast, is decisive. Until today, there has neither been the appropriate technical equipment for transferring the individual normal posture with its correct joint angles to a negative cast nor any well-structured instructions. A new production technique and a new tool shall help to avoid mistakes during the planning of the treatment and the making of the negative cast.
Keywords: orthotics, negative cast, normal posture, joint angles, production technique
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FIOR & GENTZ
Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Vertrieb von orthopädietechnischen Systemen mbH
Dorette-von-Stern-Straße 5
D-21337 Lüneburg
Phone: +49 4131 24445-0
Fax: +49 4131 24445-57
Email: info(at)fior-gentz.de
Customer Service and Technical Support