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CoxaFlex User manual
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Contents
Description
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Indication
9
Contraindication
9
Side Effects
9
Function
9
Reimbursement Code
9
Important Notices
9
General Information
10
Safety
10
Measurements
11
Applying the Orthosis
12
Care Instructions
13
Notes
26
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Description
The advanced design of our flexion
abduction splint CoxaFlex ® is based on
a treatment concept which has led to
successful results for more than 25 years
(Gekeler, 1986).
Consisting of an adjustable belt system,
a continuously variable abduction splint
and integrated leg braces, the CoxaFlex ®
centers the hip joints in a natural position
of 90' to 100' of flexion and an abduc-
tion of 45' to 50' (see images A&B). By
positioning the patient's thighs this way,
any extension or adduction that might
provoke luxation or dysplasia is avoided.
Additionally, the orthosis prevents the
extreme spreading of the thighs into the
unnatural and harmful "frog position"
(also known as the Lorenz position).
Evasive movements leading to a wider
flexion and rotating motions, however,
are deliberately promoted.
Therefore, the flexion abduction
splint CoxaFlex ® allows for a precisely
controllable, unconstrained adjustment
of the lower extremities in flexion and
abduction. It serves the centering of
the femoral head with an instable or
dysplastic hip joint structure (i.e. deve-
lopmental hip disorder) under circum-
stances as natural as possible. CoxaFlex ®
helps maintain the foetal "seated squat
position" recommended for newborns and
infants and also complies with the natural
squatting position of children huddling
against their mother's body.
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