QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
If patient has plantarflexion contracture, what should you add? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1) Tapered lift on AFO side
2) Heel lift on contralateral (opposite) side
Modification for pain on lateral malleoli? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Varus strap attached laterally (to produce valgus)
Modification for hip pain? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1/4" lift to
contralateral (opposite) shoe
Solid AFO trimlines for flexible hindfoot varus? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Lateral sabolich timeline
3 Pt Pressure for hindfoot varus solid AFO? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Proximal tibia/ medial calf, lateral, medial 1st MTP
Why would you extend solid AFO posterior trimline? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Decrease hypertension and promote knee flexion
Ground Reaction AFO - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Alternative to
KAFO
-Rigid footplate
, -Knee extension moment through stance phase
When fitting bilateral solid AFO patients, degree of DF? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Set the tibia in 2-3 degrees of DF
Semi-Flexible AFO - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Trimmed posterior to
malleoli
-PF strength of 3+
When would you have an articulated PF stop? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-PF spasticity or absent DF muscle
-Pin in posterior channel
When would you have an articulated DF stop? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-Effective for absent PF muscle
-Pin in anterior channel
T-Strap position for hindfoot varus - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Lateral attachment to pull medially directed force on varus
hindfoot
T-Strap position for hindfoot valgus - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Medial attachment to pull laterally directed force on valgus
hindfoot.
AFO Trimlines Conventional - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-20mm
distal to neck of fibula