My recent WIP has a character with AFOs -- ankle/foot orthosis -- and crutches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

An ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) or an MAFO (molded ankle-foot orthosis) fits in a shoe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cerebral palsy treatment] Reference

"There's enough research out there to say that for a lot of conditions, a prefabricated orthosis will be fine -- sometimes better," says Karl B. Landorf, research coordinator of the podiatry department at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeking Foot Support] Reference

May be treated with an ankle foot orthosis (AFO); •.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

You will love the sleek design of this ankle foot orthosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

Swedish ankle foot orthosis, I know he will have a very different experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

She can walk without using a cane or orthosis, and the score of the MSTS is 80%.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Commercial orthosis have been characterized using a universal INSTRON 5565 machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

If your foot drop problem is moderate (not severe), this Swedish ankle foot orthosis is well worth a try.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you owe it to yourself to try this lightweight, flexible ankle foot orthosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

A self-contained, self-controlled, pneumatic power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis (PhAFO) to manage foot-drop was developed and tested.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Once the parameters have been adjusted, the design is validated using the same type of test as those carried out on commercial orthosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

I read of a guy I felt so sorry for because it was such an ordeal for him to get his old orthosis on and then it would be so uncomfortable.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

In recent times, a removable orthosis has begun to replace plaster casts, making it possible for the patient to start to move the foot sooner.    From Wordnik.com.  [RxPG News : Latest Medical, Healthcare and Research News] Reference

Biomechanical performance of the prototype orthosis was assessed during multiple trials of treadmill walking of an able-bodied control subject (n = 1).    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Referral to an orthotist with a thorough understanding of this patient group is desirable to ensure that an appropriate, well fitting orthosis is prescribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

A custom made ankle foot orthosis can easily cost ten times more than this inexpensive product, which can be delivered to your front door in a matter of days.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

For those in which the use of an orthosis for walking was essential, the device became a part of their body image, and the patient is often reluctant to change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

But now Robert, who is back working on the farm, has battled back and is learning to walk again using a leg brace device called a "reciprocating gait orthosis".    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

One hundred patients were randomly assigned to surgery with early mobilisation or to early mobilisation alone with the removable orthosis and without prior surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [RxPG News : Latest Medical, Healthcare and Research News] Reference

After that I had to wear a orthosis for a period of 6 weeks, preventing me to bend my leg more than 60 degrees in the first three weeks and 90 degrees the last three.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Lahore attack, a sinister attempt to destabilise Pak: Hillary Clinton] Reference

A orthosis for a period of 6 weeks, preventing me to bend my leg more than 60 degrees in the first three weeks and 90 degrees the last three.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Lahore attack, a sinister attempt to destabilise Pak: Hillary Clinton] Reference

Take a look at this ankle foot orthosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

Technically, it's an AFO - ankle foot orthosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Room] Reference