| 摘要 |
<p>A knee support useful in knee and leg braces for functional devices by restricting ligamentous instabilities of the knee having a rigid lower cuff (20) including a shell (21) molded to the leg beneath the knee and a strap (25) to encircle the leg; an upper cuff (22) including crossed, non-resistent straps (41, 42) to position anteriorly of the thigh and a strap (44) to encircle the thigh and the crossed straps and a pair of hinges (10, 11) to extend along opposite sides of the knee and rigidly connected to the shells and having crossed straps attached thereto with the improvements including condylar pads (60, 61), semi rigid moldable lower cuff (20) and range and motion limiting means over the hinges.</p> |
