Instructional and demonstrative video on how to navigate different community barriers safely. Demonstrations are provided by real people using these devices daily: one person with a carbon AFO device and another person with a locked KAFO device.
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0:00 Training for Safe Function over Community Barriers
0:32 Stair Negotiation
4:15 Carbon AFO Stair Negotiation Step-To Pattern
4:35 Carbon AFO Stair Negotiation Alternating Steps
5:00 Locked KAFO Stair Negotiation Step - To Pattern
6:16 Locked KAFO Stair Negotiation Alternating Steps
6:55 Curb Negotiation
8:18 Carbon AFO Curb Negotiation
8:43 Locked KAFO Curb Negotiation
8:52 Ramp Negotiation
12:05 Carbon AFO Ramp Negotiation
12:40 Locked KAFO Ramp Negotiation
13:20 Hill Negotiation
13:52 Carbon AFO Hill Negotiation
14:44 Locked KAFO Hill Negotiation
15:29 Door Negotiation
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This is the tenth episode of our Orthotic Selection and Training video series. This comprehensive series addresses the considerations to be weighed prior to bracing, as well as how to properly select, fit, and train patients using lower extremity braces. The series is made for rehabilitation professionals and is an excellent resource for patients and clinicians using lower extremity braces.
View the entire series here: • Orthotic Selection and...
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Instructor: David Lawrence, MSPT, AT-Ret
David is an internationally renowned rehabilitation professional and educator. In addition to treating patients, he delivers courses in the USA and abroad on knee, hip and foot pathologies, rehabilitation following limb amputation, and disabled sports and recreation. He is founder of The Gait Center, a walking focused physical therapy clinic located in Richmond, VA, USA, as well as the founder and Chief Executive Officer for Mission Gait.
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