Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 , a bit more on a Doctors view of Townssend FYI ~ Gretchen Paolo Vinci wrote: > > The pictures on that website show modern ready-made AFOs and KAFOs. AFOs are > ok for footdrop and KAFOs in case of knee extension failure. They correct > the foot rotation only minimally, so a foot orthoses and a lateral wedge > under the sole of the shoe is necessary in most cases. Since those AFOs are > high up to the knee, it is not a pleasure wearing them. I prefer my > drop-foot boots that correct also the foot rotation. KAFOs are not > comfortable, but if your quadriceps is really very weak and you cannot > compensate, you need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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