Description : | Padma Pada clubfoot brace is designed for use by children with clubfoot in the maintenance phase of their treatment. The clubfoot deformity after correction requires full time wear of brace for 3 months with a maximum of 1 hour off the brace in a day. Following this intermittent brace wear is required every day for up to 14 hours a day extending up to 5 years. Padma Pada brace is designed to monitor efficacy of brace wear by making sure that the child's sole of the foot rests on the sole of the shoe which is fixed to the brace. This contact is evaluated by multiple sensors placed under the sole of the shoe on medial and lateral side and the heel. The shoe fixed to the brace is not allowed by the property of the brace to go into undesirable positions of plantar flexion, internal rotation and varus. This foot abduction brace also allows the child to have several degrees of freedom in horizontal plane, coronal plane, sagittal plane and vertical plane thus making the brace more child friendly and tolerable. Adherence to the brace wear protocol is monitored by recording this foot contact with the sensors mounted on the electronic plate embedded in the sole. The data is logged every hour for a minimum of 3 months and can be downloaded using software designed by the originators. The shoe width and height in the padma pada have been modified as per the foot size of Indian children. |
