Alignment Advice And Stability Adjustment - Blatchford ESK+ Stanceflex Instructions D'utilisation

8 Alignment Advice and Stability Adjustment

The instructions in this section are for practitioner use only.
Replace
Stanceflex
rubber
Yes
Is the
Stanceflex
rubber too
soft?
No
Increase
dorsiflexion
resistance.
*Note:
Initial coarse
adjustments may
be carried out in
increments of 2
or more clicks,
followed by fine
adjustment of
a single click as
required
Yes
Yes
Is the knee fitted with a
Stanceflex rubber?
No
Yes
Does the foot have a low
dorsiflexion resistance?
No
Increase stability*
underside view of chassis
Reduce stability*
underside view of chassis
If reducing the sensitivity
fails to have any effect
other than reducing the
stability, check that the
front stop is properly
adjusted
i.e. contacting the chassis
when loaded. Failure to
do so can result in the
brake operating when
hyper- extended
Start
Align as recommended
(Shin Vertical, load line
through knee centre)
With user standing and
limb loaded
With 100% weight on limb,
can the user flex the knee?
Note...Wearer standing
in parallel bars , gently
holding rails.
No
Does the knee release
No
Does the knee release
No
Does the knee release
**Note, Check level of stability
There may is sufficient for amputee
be a need to
compromise
between
maximum
walking speed
and level of
stability
10
No
Ask user to walk
SLOWLY
smoothly at toe off?
Yes
Ask user to walk
at NORMAL speed
smoothly at toe off?
Yes
Ask user to walk
FAST
smoothly at toe off?
Yes
needs and adjust
accordingly**
Adjustment complete
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unable
to walk
fast