Indication Of Floor Reaction Orthosis

Generally formed from polypropylene there are several variations on the grafo but all include an anterior shell which captures the tibia proximally.

Indication of floor reaction orthosis.

Contraindications hip flexion contracture 30 knee flexion contracture 20 and a thigh foot angle 15 external. Floor reaction afo front view. Solid ankle designs available. As the body weight brings the heel downwards the supra patellar band will press the knee back preventing knee from buckling during stance phase.

Can be made with carbon graphite for light weight needs such as multiple sclerosis. Dorsiflexion assist for foot drop. 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. Floor reaction orthosis it was described by saltiel for the use of weak quadriceps or plantar flexors in 1969.

It holds the ankle in equinus to prevent the heel from touching the ground. Cva w quadricep weakness. 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. To provide ground reaction forces to the knee which assist in stabilizing the knee during ambulation.

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.