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Technically controlling joint angles while making a negative cast as basis of functional orthoses for patients with neurological gait disorders
- Authors: Daniel Sabbagh1, Jörg Fior2, Ralf Gentz2
- Institutions: 1FIOR & GENTZ GmbH – Scientific Editing, 2FIOR & GENTZ GmbH – Management
- Form of Contribution: poster
- Congress: 24th Annual Meeting of the ESMAC
- Location: Heidelberg, Germany
- Date: 10–12 September 2015
- Expert Association: European Society of Movement Analysis for Adults and Children (ESMAC)
Summary: During the making of the negative cast the patient’s position and thus the joint angles are decisive for the function of the orthosis and the treatment’s success. The making of the negative cast is optimised by reproducing the joint angles of the individual normal posture with maximum precision. The presented tool allows for an exact reproduction and the transfer of the joint angles to the positive cast in frontal plane as well as in sagittal plane. By using the described production technique, many improvements can be made, for example in regards to the activation of the mechanical knee joints and the effect of a mounted dorsiflexion stop.
Keywords: orthoses, neurological gait disorders, negative cast, joint angles, digital casting aid
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