Peter Buffington, CPO/LPO
Peter says, " What stance control joints can do for knee instability."

Stance control knee joints have been a huge advance in the orthotic intervention for knee instabilities. They operate very much like a prosthetic knee joint to create stability at stance phase and release for knee flexion at initial swing phase.

It gets us much closer to the ideal of taking away the "bad" motion without affecting the "good motion".


Check out these excellent stance control joint resources.

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WATCH: Stance Control KAFO versus a Locked Knee KAFO
 Stance Control KAFO vs. Locked Knee KAFO
Documentation Corner
 
A patient will only qualify for a KAFO (Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis) if they meet the criteria for an AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) and also have documented knee instability.

The information / justification must be in the prescribing physicians clinical notes.

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Prosthetic Series  
1. Prosthetic Overview  
2. Transtibial Prosthetics  
3. Transfemoral Prosthetics
4. Lower Extremity Prosthetic Functional Level Prediction & Outcomes Measurement
5. Upper Extremity Prosthetics
6. Lower Extremity Prosthetic Gait Training
7. Lower Extremity Prosthetic Gait Deviations
8. Partial Foot / Symes / Knee Disarticulation / Hip Disarticulation
9. Microprocessor Controlled Knees
10. Prosthetics & Dermatology
11. Upper Limb Prosthetic Outcomes
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1. Lower Extremity Orthotics Overview: Part One
2. Lower Extremity Orthotics Overview: Part Two
3. Upper Extremity Orthotics Overview
4. Spinal Orthotics Overview
5. Orthotic Clinical Decision Making: Ankle Foot Orthoses
6. Pediatric Orthoses
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