J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1976 Sep;11(3):563-570. 10.4055/jkoa.1976.11.3.563.

Application of The Ischial Weight-bearing Functional Long Leg Brace

• Seong SC
• Suk SI
• Chang JK

• KMID: 2461310
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1976.11.3.563

Abstract

The ischial weight-bearing functional long leg brace is one of the new immobilization devices, which allows patients to walk using less energy than was required by other devices-e.g. cast, cast-brace, conventional long leg brace. It has advantages as minimal pain and irritation, more natural gait, convenience of free joint motion, and good skin hygiene. The brace consists of quadrilateral total contact thigh shell, bilateral up-rights, knee joint, tibial cuff band and ankle-foot section. The brace was applied to 10 patients with variable diseases treated at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, from Mar-74 to May-76. It was applied postoperatively to 4 cases of femoral shaft fractures and 1 case of fibrous dysplasia of the tibia and applied to 4 cases of Legg-Perthes' disease as one of conservative managements. The brace was modified into "abduction-internal rotation functional long leg brace" in cases of Legg-Perthes disease. In 1 cases of post-infectious subluxation of the hip, the stability was maintained by use of the brace. With this experience, it is expected that the ischial weight-bearing functional long leg brace may be applied to other pathologic conditions of the lower extremity in which weight-bearing is to be avoided or guarded.

MeSH Terms

Braces*
Gait
Hip
Humans
Hygiene
Immobilization
Joints
Knee Joint
Leg*
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
Lower Extremity
Orthopedics
Seoul
Skin
Thigh
Tibia
Weight-Bearing*