Knee Orthosis

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Knee

Orthosis

Ocampo, Marjorie Ann P.


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a type of knee brace which offers someprotection against injury in those with jointconditions or who have already suffereda knee injury.


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1. Improved Knee Stability

- Knee braces can help provide you withmeaningful support and this will increase yourstability the moment you put them on your leg

2. Knee Protection

- A knee brace can help you to stop makingexcessive movements that may keep insultingyour knee injury, or discomfort level.

- If you are in a contact sport, a patellar

guard can also be used to protect your kneefrom collisions or falls. This is usually anattachment to a knee brace and can really helpto protect your knee from injury.


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3. Pain Reduction

- help reduce pain and actually as a result, somepeople have gone to reduce any pain medications they

are taking orally as a result of their new knee brace.


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Useful for malalignment genu varum

valgum

recurvatum To protect knee structures from undue

loading/stress

May be preventative or corrective May be permanent treatment forrepaired/compromised knee structure


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Genu varum(bow-leggedness)

- is a deformity markedby medial angulation of

the leg in relation tothe thigh, an outwardbowing of the legs, givingthe appearance of

a bow.


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Genu valgum(knock-knees)

- is a condition wherethe knees angle in andtouch one another whenthe legs arestraightened.


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Genu

recurvatum(knee hyperextension

/ backknee.)

- is a deformity inthe kneejoint, sothat the knee bendsbackwards. In thisdeformity, excessive

extension occurs inthe tibiofemoraljoint.


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Prophylactic Brace-designed to protect individuals knees from injuriesduring contact sports like football for example. Youwill see many college players today using this type of

knee brace.


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Functional Brace

- designed for a person that has already been injuredthemselves. For example, functional knee braces canbe used for someone that is recovering from aninjury.


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Rehabilitative Brace- help to limit medial to lateral movements, as well as

helping to limit extension and flexion of the kneejoint after an injury or surgery. Often times thesebraces, although useful, will be larger because theyneed to control / immobilize your leg more.


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Unloalder / offloader Brace- designed to provide relief to people who have

arthritis in their knees, or improper alignment. Ingeneral, they help to keep proper alignment of thejoint, if one compartment of your knee is starting tohave irregular mechanical alignment. This can be

called varus or valgus stress.


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Take care when putting the brace on to makesure that the hinges are where the kneebends.

Straps, tapes or hook-and-loop tapes shouldbe fastened around patients leg.

Instruct the patient to check the placement

of the brace during activities to make surethat it hasn't moved. Poorly positioned bracescan hurt rather than the patient.


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Instruct the patient to inspect the braceoften for wear and tear.

Instruct the patient that regular cleaningwith soap and water is good for the bracefabric.

Remind the patient that exposed metal should

be covered to protect others from injury. Instruct the patient that a worn-out braceshould be replaced for maximum benefit.

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