0 a device made to support an injured or badly formed part of the body, or to help someone move it more easily: --
In the case of tremor management, the orthosis must apply a damping or inertial load to a selected set of limb articulations.
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.
Although the initial aim of humanoid research was to build better orthosis and prosthesis for human beings, knowledge has been transferred between both disciplines.
An orthosis can be made for short-term use during a post-operative healing period, for example, or for long-term, chronic use.
Sometime splints are referred as orthosis (the device); they are otherwise used for a short period.
However, the terms active orthosis and exoskeleton are often used interchangeably.
Initial treatment includes physical therapy and ankle-foot orthosis.
It is also useful to describe the function of the orthosis.
