The Load Bearing Function of Patellar Tendon Bearing Brace

• Published in: Orthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 235 - 237
• Main Authors: Inoue, Akio, Sakai, Ryo, Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Hoshiko, Hisashi, Goto, Takeshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1996
• Subjects: Load bearing function; Patellar-tendon-bearing brace; Tibial Fractures
• ISSN: 0037-1033; 1349-4333
• DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.45.235

The load bearing function of the patellar tendon bearing (PTB) brace was studied using the F-SCAN system of foot pressure analysis. A high frequency response, ultra-thin sensor insole was used to measure plantar pressure at the sole of the foot in normal subjects. The major obfectives of this study were as follows: 1) Measurement of the load bearing function of the PTB brace. 2) Evaluation of the pressure reducing or increasing effect of the weight bearing board. 3) Evaluation of the lower leg component of the PTB brace. The following results were obtained: 1) 100% of non-loading was obtained by the PTB brace. 2) 82% of non-loading was obtained at the starting point of the weight bearing board. Increasing the board height increases plantar pressure (64% of non-loading at + 5mm, 36% of non-loading at +10mm). Plantar pressures were also reduced by the lower board (91% of non-loading at -5mm, 96% of non-loading at -10mm). 3) Lower leg component of the PTB brace had the great load bearing function.