DF block, PF block, Softy liner
Recommended For:
Positioning or Limited Ambulation — Strong
Key Features
Custom-fabricated from cast or scan -- no plaster casts
Defined plantar surface contours
Full wrap-around inner shell
for control of foot position
Fully integrated padding
Extremely durable brace
for larger patients
Stiff posterior of outer frame
provides strength and stability, blocking plantarflexion and dorsiflexion
Softy Liner
provides more comfortable control for difficult-to-correct feet or feet with sensitive boney anatomy
Indications
Despite overall high tone, lack consistent plantarflexion strength and collapses into crouched and severely pronated stance (often rocker bottomed).
Do not have the dorsiflexion range reflected in their stance when foot is corrected.
Crouched stance can be improved by manually extending the knee.
Weight and size due to maturity have exceeded patient’s strength, ambulation is decreasing.
Have difficult to correct feet or feet with sensitive boney prominences.