Contraindications - Medi protect.ROM Gebrauchsanweisung

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protect.ROM
Walker
protect.Air ROM
Walker
Intended purpose
protect.ROM Walker / protect.Air ROM
Walker is lower leg brace. The product is
exclusively to be used for the orthotic
fitting of the foot and only on unbroken
skin.
Indications
• Foot or toe injuries or surgeries
• Grade 2 or 3 ankle sprains
• Stable or internally fixed fractures of
the foot or ankle

Contraindications

Not intended for unstable fractures or
for fractures of the proximal tibia or
fibula.
Information
• Do NOT remove the plastic sleeves
which are over the splints! These
plastic sleeves have to stay over the
splints during the first phase of the
adjustment process.
• The protect.ROM Walker is not
designed or intended to be worn by
patients who weigh more than 110 kg.
• Only change the extension and flexion
limits on instruction from your doctor
or orthotist to do so.
How to fit
• Open all straps and remove the foam
inner shoe from the Walker.
• (Fig.1) Open the leg and foot part of
the inner shoe by loosening the Velcro
fasteners. Ask the patient to place his
foot and lower leg into the inner shoe.
• (Fig.2) Close the shoe and make sure
that the foam fits closely against the
patient's leg.
• (Fig. 3) Make sure that the plastic
sleeves over the splints still cover the
Velcro strip on the internal sides of the
splints in full. Ask the patient to place
their foot in the plastic shell between
the two stabilising bars. The foot
should be positioned so that both of
the splints are centred to the centre
line on the side of the leg.
• The splints can also be straightened for
an optimum fitting and to ensure a
close alignment on the sides of the calf.
Comfort padding can also be fitted on
the interior sides of the splints (at the
level of the ankle bone). These can be
moved or removed to adjust the
medial or lateral width between the
splint and the foot.
• (Fig. 4) If you have made sure that the
splints are correctly adjusted and
aligned (centre line on the sides of the
leg), you can remove the plastic
sleeves from the splints. The internal
foam shoe is now held in place by the
Velcro strip which is situated on the
internal side of the stabilisation
splints.
(Fig. 5) Close both of the forefoot
straps which hold the patient's foot in
place in the inner shoe. The straps
should be firmly in place but can also
be adjusted individually by the
opening and closing of the Velcro
fastener.
Any unwanted extra material can also
be cut away.
• (Fig. 6) Now close the three straps
which hold the lower leg in position
between the splints.
Start with the strap which is nearest to
the ankle. The three straps should fit
tightly.
• Ask the patient to walk around in the
orthosis to make sure that the Walker
is sitting properly.