Orthotics / Prosthetics Resources
Patient Education Materials
- AFO KAFO (Ankle-foot orthosis/Knee-ankle-foot orthosis) (PDF 169KB) (en Español)
- Instructions for how to wear and clean your child's brace, how to inspect your child's skin, wear schedule and when to call Children's Orthotics Department.
- Bi-valved Body Jacket (PDF 203KB) (en Español)
- Discusses how to put the body jacket on, daily hygiene, and discusses appropriate clothing to be worn with the brace.
- Boston Overlap Brace (PDF 160KB) (en Español)
- Discusses how to put the brace on, daily hygiene, and discusses appropriate clothing to be worn with the brace.
- C.T.L.S.O. — Milwaukee Brace (PDF 194KB) (en Español)
- Discusses how to put the brace on, daily hygiene, and discusses appropriate clothing to be worn with the brace.
- Caring For Braces At Home (PDF 178KB) (en Español)
- Discusses the wearing time for the brace, skin marks, daily brace hygiene, and clothing requirements.
- Clarren Helmet Treatment (PDF 187KB) (en Español)
- Covers what is the Clarren helmet, daily wearing schedule, length of therapy, caring for the helmet, keeping baby cool and common problems.
- Halo Brace (PDF 180KB) (en Español)
- Gives tips for wearing the halo brace. Discusses special concerns, clothing, daily hygiene and hair.
- Helmet Therapy (PDF 210KB) (en Español)
- Discusses the use of plastic helmets to reshape a child's head. Covers fit, hygiene, when to wear and special concerns. Head circumference, charts for mapping head growth rate are included.
- How to Prepare for Your Child's Orthotics or Prosthetics Visit (PDF 177KB)
- Covers when to arrive at Children's at Madison Tower, what to bring and what your child should wear.
- Lower Limb Prosthetics (PDF 171KB) (en Español)
- Covers how to put on the prosthesis, daily cleaning of the prosthesis and your child's leg, wear schedule and when to call Children's Prosthetics Department.
- Pavlik Harness (PDF 196KB) (en Español)
- Discusses how to put the body jacket on, keeping it clean, and appropriate clothing to be worn with the brace.
- Picking A Good Shoe (PDF 150KB)
- Explains which shoes work well with lifts and which don't.
- Sarmiento Humeral Fracture Brace (PDF 166KB)
- Covers putting on the sarmiento (humeral fracture brace), daily cleaning, wear schedule and when to call Children's Orthotics Department.
- Scottish Rite Orthosis (PDF 224KB)
- Discusses the Scottish rite brace, how to put the brace on, schedule of wearing the brace, daily hygiene, and appropriate clothing to wear.
- Seattle Abduction Brace (PDF 202KB) (en Español)
- Discusses the Seattle abduction brace, how to put the brace on, schedule of wearing the brace, daily hygiene, and appropriate clothing to wear.
- Straight Last Shoes and Denis Browne Bar (PDF 179KB) (en Español)
- Covers putting on the straight last or Denis Browne bar shoes, daily cleaning, wear schedule and when to call Children's Orthotics Department.
- T.L.S.O. For Scoliolis (PDF 211KB) (en Español)
- Discusses the T.L.S.O. brace, how to put the brace on, schedule of wearing the brace, daily hygiene, and appropriate clothing to wear.
- Wheaton Brace (PDF 180KB) (en Español)
- A description of how to apply and care for a wheaton brace, when to wear it, and appropriate clothing to wear.