Foot support device for improved ambulation

Details Foot support device for improved ambulation Foot support device for improved ambulation

1987-08-27

1989-04-04

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 80H, A61F 500

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active

048175897

ABSTRACT:
A comfortable, inconspicuous foot support device is provided to assist a person suffering from foot-drop, the device being adapted to work in combination with a shoe worn by the person, the device having a support member adapted to engage a posterior ankle section of the leg and having strap means for providing dorsiflexion and eversion assistance, the strap means being connected to the support member and attached to predetermined points on the shoe.

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Orthopaedic Appliances Atlas, vol. 1, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, J. W. Edwards, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1952.

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