Exempel på orthosis

• Sometimes an orthosis is required to keep the foot up and from dragging the ground.

• A static wrist-hand orthosis is often helpful in maintaining these joints in a functional position.

• You may be prescribed with customized shoe inserts called orthoses to help alleviate the pain.

• Any future evaluative studies will need to consider the extent to which the particular characteristics of the orthosis are relevant.

• Due to problems with follow-up and reliability of stimulators they did not feel that it was an effective long-term orthosis but were optimistic about the therapeutic benefits.

• It then trains the best of those technicians to become lecturers in prosthesis and orthosis.

• Iatrogenic injury is also known to occur, with the abducens nerve being the most commonly injured cranial nerve in halo orthosis placement.

• A few examples are: powered leg prosthesis for neuromuscularly impaired, ankle-foot orthosis, biological realistic leg prosthesis and forearm prosthesis.

• Skiers in this class may be able to stand or walk with or without aid of orthosis.

• This session also covers practical demonstration like x-ray, specimen, brace, orthosis and orthotics.

• It is also useful to describe the function of the orthosis.

• Initial treatment includes physical therapy and ankle-foot orthosis.

• However, the terms active orthosis and exoskeleton are often used interchangeably.

• Sometime splints are referred as orthosis (the device); they are otherwise used for a short period.

• An orthosis can be made for short-term use during a post-operative healing period, for example, or for long-term, chronic use.

• Although the initial aim of humanoid research was to build better orthosis and prosthesis for human beings, knowledge has been transferred between both disciplines.

• Treatment modalities such as orthosis/splints, soft braces and education are some of the common treatment tool that an occupational therapist will use during treatment.

• In the case of tremor management, the orthosis must apply a damping or inertial load to a selected set of limb articulations.