【薛少】評論

Weight-Relieving Ankle-Foot OrthosesThe weight-relieving AFO is used for persons with Charcot arthropathy, plantar neuropathic ulcers, slowly healing fractures, severe rheumatoid or osteoarthritis of the ankle, surgically repaired ankles after fracture, synovial debridement in hemophilia, and other circumstances that require protection of the foot and ankle when non–weight bearing is not possible. A tibial fracture orthosis and the Charcot restraint orthotic walker (CROW) are adaptations of the weight-relieving AFO; both encase the entire lower limb to provide maximal reduction of axial loadi...

【Max】評論

weight-relieving ankle-foot orthosis，又叫patellar tendon–bearing AFO (PTB-AFO)，讓patalla tendon幫忙承重，目的是減輕走路時對於腳或踝關節的壓力。