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Walking Braces Family
Extra Pneumatic
Walker™
Aircast®
Walking Braces
Short Pneumatic
Walker™
Foam Pneumatic
Walker™
XP SP FP
Achilles
Walker™
Proven Clinical Outcome
“a pressurized brace yields a stronger healed fracture than does a
traditional cast…”
“Using the Pneumatic Walker resulted in “a significantly diminished
incidence of lower extremity atrophy and osteoporosis”
For the reduction of gastrocnemius muscle activity, the Aircast® FP
Walker was more effective than cast.
Functional Outcome of Surgery for Fractures of the Ankle
“the mean time from surgery to return to work for patients with ankle fracture
was 50% lower in the Walker group than in the casted group: 53,3 days vs.
106,5 days. (Koval et al, JBJS 2000)
Achilles Tendon Rupture
- History of Achilles Tendinitis
- 2 to 6 cm above calcaneal insertion
Conservative treatment (Non Operative)
Typically cast or Walker for 4-12 weeks.
Surgical Management – Surgical Repair
Post-op: patient in cast for 4 weeks and then transferred to a
pneumatic walker for a further 4-6 weeks.
Thompson Test
Depression – Gap
Rooney Wayne
2006
David Beckham
2002
Faster Recovery and Better Outcome
Fabio Cannavaro
2008
Daily Express England
www.thestars.com
www.gettyimages.com
Yao Ming
2008
http://sports.sina.com.cn/
Miss India Pooja
Chopra during the
Miss World pageant
on 12th December
2009 in
Johannesburg
For the most important occasion…
Walker Competition
LABORATOIRE
SOBER
Samson Walker
Almost all competitors have Stick-Foam Walkers
Only OPED has a very expensive vacuum system
Breg
Royce
Vacoped
Competition － Stick-Foam Walkers
Poor support – No Semi-Rigid Shell
No protection of the limb for external aggressions
No functional management – No benefit from
clinically proven Duplex Aircells technology
No support by Aircells, extremity has a tendency to
shift in the boot, resulting in shear stress on the
lower limb and affects healing
The competitors walkers either have a high gait or
their gait is too flat to provide a good walking tread.
Rocker sole on Aircast walker provides superior
walking gait
Bledsoe
Breg
Aircast Vs Ossur Centre of Pressure medial-lateral
Ground reaction force more lateral in Ossur
Foot position more external rotation in Ossur
may cause strain on the MCL and discomfort to the knee
• considerably more laterally located centre of pressure in the
Ossur Rebound
Knee flexion/extension
Ossur: increased knee flexion
during swing phase
To ensure foot clearance
More energy expenditure
Aberrant from normal gait
pattern
Earlier fatigue
Knee moments
Extension moment when the
body moves over the stance
limb (before toe-off) is
considerably high with the
Ossur Walker and could
cause hyperextension
In healthy knee hyperext is
prevented by hamstrings.
In pathologic or fatigue knee
balanced muscle activity may
be compromised and hence
the hyperextension may
persist and cause pain.
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