ADAPTED COMPRESSION/SPLINT ORTHOSIS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF THE CALF MUSCULO-APONEUROTIC PUMP

摘要

PURPOSE: An adapted compression/splint orthosis for a reinforcement of a calf musculo-aponeurotic pump is provided to a pressure of a therapeutic level to lower extremity by having a secure of a high level in a calf and a secure of a low level in an ankle. CONSTITUTION: An orthosis(10) comprises a pressure distal part(14) and a binding proximal part(16). The pressure distal part is made by knitting a warp thread and a weft thread. A dimension, a property, and a knit structure of a warp and a weft thread are selected in order to add an elastic restoring force generating a pressure of lower extremity in a desired therapeutic pressure level to a columnar direction when the orthosis is worn above lower extremity. The binding proximal part is a deformable tube type part consecutively knitted with a flexible pressure distal part. The binding proximal part is essentially inelastic and includes a resin suitable for a hardened body.