Dorsal lumbar extension brace with tensioning system

摘要

A spinal brace having a waist or abdominal portion, a dorsal lumbar insert, shoulder straps, and one or more cable tensioning systems that enables a user to tighten the waist or abdominal portion while at the same time tightening the shoulder straps to encourage extension.

主权项

1. A spinal brace, comprising:
a waist portion configured for encircling and being adjustably tensionable about the waist of a user; a dorsal lumbar extension extending from a rear portion of the waist portion; a shoulder strap positionable to extend over a shoulder of the user and connectable to both the waist portion and the dorsal lumbar extension; a cable connected to the waist portion for tensioning only the waist portion about the waist of the user and selectively also connectable to the shoulder strap for simultaneously tensioning both the waist portion and the shoulder strap when the cable is also connected to the shoulder strap; and a cable tensioner operably associated with the cable to adjust the tension of the cable, comprising a cable and cable take-up, wherein adjustment of the tension of the cable tensions only the waist portion about the waist of the user when the cable is connected only to the waist portion and simultaneously adjusts the tension of the waist portion of the brace about the waist of the user and the tension of the shoulder strap when the cable is also connected to the shoulder strap.