IE14NT-14-26189021101000
FOOT ORTHOSIS - MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGNED TO ALLEVIATE A VARIETY OF SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY ABNORMAL SKELETAL FOOT/ANKLE ALIGNMENT AND DEFORMITIES. THE ORTHOSIS FUNCTIONS BY ALTERING THE PLANTAR FOOT LOADING CHARACTERISTICS, THUS INFLUENCING BOTH KINEMATICS (MOTION OF FOOT AND LOWER LIMB BONES) AND KINETICS (INTERNAL FORCES IN MUSCLES, BONES, LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS). A FOOT ORTHOSIS IS DESIGNED FOLLOWING A BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT AND IS FABRICATED BASED UPON A CAST, MOULD OR SCAN OF AN INDIVIDUALS FOOT (CUSTOM MADE). THE ORTHOSIS IS POSITIONED INSIDE A PATIENTS SHOE AND ILLICITS ITS BIOMECHANICAL EFFECT DURING WALKING, RUNNING OR SPORTING ACTIVITIES.