| 摘要 |
A cervical neck brace 10 comprises an anterior brace element 16, and a posterior brace element 18 which is engaged or engagable with the anterior brace element 16. The anterior brace element 16 is positionable anteriorly on a user 14 to extend in an inferior to superior direction across a cervical vertebral region 12, and the posterior brace element 18 is positionable posteriorly on the user 14 to extend in an inferior to superior direction across the cervical vertebral region 12. The posterior brace element 18 is a sheet 68 including a central support 70, an occipital support 72 which is hingably connected to the central support 70, and two activation arms 74 which are hingably connected to the central support 70. The sheet-like posterior brace element 18 has a first storage condition wherein the central support 70, occipital support 72 and activation arms 74 are coplanar or substantially coplanar, and a second in-use condition wherein, on hinging of the activation arms 74, the occipital support 72 automatically folds relative to the central support 70. A posterior cervical neck brace 10 device for location posteriorly on a user 14 to extend in an inferior to superior direction across a cervical vertebral region 12, a method of assembling such a cervical neck brace 10, and a method of supporting a vertebral region of a user 14 are also provided. |
