Features
- Advantages:
– Lightweight and durable
– Adjustable and readjustable to individual patient without the use of heat or tools
– Splint straps close with velcro, but no velcro touches the patients skin
– Splint straps are foam lined for comfort and to prevent pressure areas
– Soft with rounded padded edges to minimize self injury
– Can be graded up to increase Knee extension - Therapeutic Uses:
– Graduated extension of the knee
– Treatment of non-fixed contractures of the knee
– Helps restrict arthritic changes and deformity related to neuromascular impairment
– Positions the flaccid elbow and arm in functional position
– Maintains skin integrity by absorbing moisture, allowing air circulation and preventing skin maceration on palmer surface
More Information
- Knee joints contractures are classified as:
– 5 to 30 degrees = mild contracture
– 30 to 90 degrees = moderate contracture
– 90 degress plus = severe contracture - Contra-Indications:
– Patient has circulator problems
– Pressuee areas or skin irritations appear
– Patient has persistent pain in area treated
– Patient has increased edema, redness or blisters
– Patient has fixed flexion contractures
