![]() (A) The purpose of orthopedic brace for patients with hemiplegia Hemiplegic patients has the constant change for functional state from the onset of injury.There are a lot of patients who change from flaccid paralysis gradually more to spastic paralysis. The purpose of prescription for orthopedic brace is different from the beginning as some patients has relative complications like muscle contracture and deformities in the chronic phase.Mainly in the early stages the purpose is stable keeping body weight,recovering,supplementing and compensating the function ; and in the chronic phase the main purpose is suppression of contracture and correction and prevention of deformity. 1 main purpose of lower limb orthosis (1) to obtain a stable stance. (2) easily out of bed early training. (3) get close to normal walking pattern. (4) the prevention of deformity. 2, Upper limb orthotics main use of complementary and compensatory purposes (1) function. (2) Prevention and correction of deformity (3) of the auxiliary and control movement. (4) maintain limb fixation and limb position. Recently I stumbled on a blog of Orthotics offers a treatment for patients with hemiplegia I,that is very useful for patients with hemiplegia,if you feel interested,should visit there.
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