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CoxaFlex User manual
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Applying the Orthosis
1. Put the orthosis on a flat surface
with the blue neck part facing you.
Open the white buckle in the chest area
and open the two front buckles on the
leg braces.
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Removable, washable leg cushions
2. Completely unfold the orthosis
in front of you.
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Removable, washable neck cushion
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3. Lay the patient onto the belt
system and put the straps over the
infant's shoulders.
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Place the child's thighs into the leg braces.
4. First, close the belt buckles on the
leg braces, then the white buckle on
the chest.
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The flexion abduction splint is usu-
ally applied over the infant's romper.
(Exception: With instable hips the splint
should be worn under the romper, with
tubular cotton stockinette placed under-
neath the orthosis to protect the skin.)
During the fitting, have a second person
hold the child's legs so the hip joints are
bent at 100' and are abducted at an
angle of 50' . Now adjust the distance
between the knees.
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