Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Marcia, When the feet are relaxed in the brace, because of the way the bar drops down, it does put them in a dorsiflexed position. The child definitely has more mobility in an up and down movement, not side to side though and the 70 degrees of outward rotation is fixed. The idea is that since the baby can move his feet more he is doing his own dorsiflexing as he moves his feet, instead of just holding them in a static dorsiflexed position. Check out the photos in the " Dobbs Brace " folder on the website, you'll see especially in the last photo how he dorsiflexes the foot as he is standing. Some of the photos you'll see a white " toe pad " on the shoes, this helps him balance and also prevents him from rocking forward on the toe of the shoe which would put the foot in plantar flexion. Also, the AFO style Dobbs brace is molded with the foot in a dorsiflexed position, thus holding the position inside the outer plastic shell. Hope this helps explain, let me know if you have more questions. Thanks, > > Can someone explain to me how this brace works to keep the dorsiflexion and 70 degree angle? I was looking at pictures of it and cannot figure out how it works. O.k., so maybe I can see the 70 degrees part, but how does it maintain dorsiflexion when the child can basically move it however they want to? It seems it would be basically the same difference to just let them wear the shoes...but I'm sure I'm missing something here. Thanks! > > Marcia > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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