Indication Of Floor Reaction Orthosis

In these cases the floor reaction afo functions to maintain the affected joints in proper alignment to accentuate knee extension at midstance and compensate for weak or absent gastroc soleus calf muscles.

Indication of floor reaction orthosis.

Can be made with carbon graphite for light weight needs such as multiple sclerosis. To provide ground reaction forces to the knee which assist in stabilizing the knee during ambulation. As the body weight brings the heel downwards the supra patellar band will press the knee back preventing knee from buckling during stance phase. Cva w quadricep weakness.

Dorsiflexion assist for foot drop. A floor reaction afo is generally used with patients affected by neurological conditions such as spina bifida cerebral palsy brain injury spinal cord injury and post polio paralysis. Floor reaction orthosis it was described by saltiel for the use of weak quadriceps or plantar flexors in 1969. A ground floor reaction ankle foot orthosis grafo or frafo is a type of custom fabricated molded plastic afo capable of triplanar control of the foot ankle complex.

Generally formed from polypropylene there are several variations on the grafo but all include an anterior shell which captures the tibia proximally. It is a stance phase control orthosis. It holds the ankle in equinus to prevent the heel from touching the ground. Solid ankle designs available.

Contraindications hip flexion contracture 30 knee flexion contracture 20 and a thigh foot angle 15 external.