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KiddieGAIT® Baby

KiddieGAIT® Baby gives toddlers an orthosis that will allow their little feet to move in a more fluid and natural biomechanical gait pattern. It is made from Carbon composite with anterior shell, lateral strut, and an engineered footplate with open calcaneus. Designed to allow integration of your custom foot orthotic to help control ground-up-forces. Anterior shell to assist in management of proximal deficits by helping to manage either knee hyperextension or crouch gait. KiddieGAIT® is intended to support the foot/ankle complex in a more functional posture while allowing more normal ROM during the developmental years.

Recommended Range Of Application

KiddieGAIT® and KiddieROCKER® are designed to support footdrop, gait deviations econdary to proprioceptive deficit (either unstable or low-tone gait), toe-walking with no midfoot collapse, low tone crouch gait in conditions such as Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy and Myelomeningocele.

Contraindications

KiddieGAIT® should not be used when patients present with:Lacking ROM towards dorsiflexion (need at least 5o dorsiflexion past neutral), Very rigid foot structure, Quadriceps spasticity, Fixed postural Genu Valgum or Genu Varum, Fixed postural Pes Valgus or Pes Varu.s

KiddieGAIT® Baby

Model

Item No. Model Size L/R Footplate Length Height
283721008 KiddieGAIT Baby Baby Small Left 11 cm 15 cm
283721009 KiddieGAIT Baby Baby Medium Left 12,5 cm 18 cm
283721010 KiddieGAIT Baby Baby Large Left 14 cm 20 cm
283722008 KiddieGAIT Baby Baby Small Right 11 cm 15 cm
283722009 KiddieGAIT Baby Baby Medium Right 12,5 cm 18 cm
283722010 KiddieGAIT Baby Baby Large Right 14 cm 20 cm
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Source: Muscle Nerve 000:000–000, 2016

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Author: Altschuck N. et al

Source:  Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach 12 (2019) 171–180 171 DOI 10.3233/PRM-170524

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Author: Roberts Joffe, Fredrik Forsberg, Henrik Lycksam, Anders Sjögren

Source: ICTMS 2017 - 3rd International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures, 26-30 June 2017, Lund, Sweden

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Author: Shuman BR, Espesito ER

Source: Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. JANUARY 2022, Vol. 144 / 011004-1

Comparison of five different methodologies for evaluating ankle–foot orthosis stiffness.

Author: Shuman et al. 

Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (2023) 20:11

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Author: Megan M. Grunst, Robert C. Wiederien and Jason M.

Source: A systematic review Prosthetics and Orthotics International 2023

A Pilot Study to Assess the Immediate Effect of Dynamic Carbon Ground Reaction Ankle Foot Orthoses on Balance in Individuals with Charcot-Marie-Tooth in a Clinical Setting

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Source: CMT study.2021

Preliminary research suggests the use of a kinetic return ankle foot orthosis is associated with small but significant shortterm increases in calf circumference, which in turn suggests [...]

Preliminary research suggests the use of a kinetic return ankle foot orthosis is associated with small but significant shortterm increases in calf circumference, which in turn suggests this type of device might reduce or protect against the risk of disuse muscle atrophy.

Author: Robert H. Meier, CO, BOCO; David C. Ruthsatz, CO, CPA; and Daniel, Cipriani, PT, PhD. 

Source: Lermagazine 2014

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