| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a leg orthosis configured to prevent the skin or clothes from being caught between a thigh link and a lower thigh link. <P>SOLUTION: The leg orthosis 100 includes: a thigh link 20 to be attached to the thigh of a user; and a lower thigh link 30 to be attached to the lower thigh of the user, and swingably connected to the thigh link 20 at the sides of a knee joint. The leg orthosis 100 is configured such that, when the leg orthosis 100 mounted on the standing user is observed from the side, the angle made by the thigh link 20 and the lower thigh link 30 at the connection part 12 behind the knee is 180 degrees or larger. Even when a user bends the knee, the angel made by the thigh link 20 and the lower thigh link 30 behind the knee is 90 degrees or larger, thereby preventing the skin or clothes from being caught therebetween. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
