| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knee brace for reducing body weight applied to a knee joint during walking by a simple constitution.SOLUTION: The knee brace 1 comprises: an upper support 11: an upper stay 12; a first belt 13; a lower support 14; a lower stay 15; a second belt 16; an elastic body 17; and a damping material 18. The elastic body 17 is arranged at the side of the knee joint M1, has a curved part 17a which is folded at the rear, and connects the lower end of the upper stay 12 and the upper end of the lower stay 15. The damping material 18 is arranged so as to be shifted to the front of the knee joint M1 and sandwiched between ends 17b of the elastic body 17 in a state that the upper stay 12 and the lower stay 15 are linearly aligned. |
