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Hope Walks, formerly CURE Clubfoot, [1] is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, that treats infant clubfoot in developing countries around the world. As of 2019, Hope Walks operates over 130 clinics in 16 countries including Ethiopia , Niger and the Dominican Republic . [ 2 ]
At first, the brace is worn full-time (23 hours per day) on both feet, regardless of whether the clubfoot affects one or two feet. After 3 months of 23/7 wear, the brace is worn less frequently by gradually reducing hours a couple at a time, every couple months so that hours are down to 12–14 per day at or around a year old.
A pair of AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) braces being used to aid bilateral foot drop. Orthotics (Greek: Ορθός, romanized: ortho, lit. 'to straighten, to align') is a medical specialty that focuses on the design and application of orthoses, sometimes known as braces, calipers, or splints. [1]
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Club foot or club feet is a congenital or acquired deformity. Club foot may also refer to: The Clubfoot, painting by Jusepe de Ribera, now at the Louvre; Club Foot, music venue in Austin, Texas, USA; Club Foot (song), by Kasabian; Club Foot Orchestra, avant garde musical group; Club foot (furniture), a form of foot used in furniture design
A foot is the floor level termination of furniture legs. [1] ... Club foot, also known as a duck, Dutch, or pad foot [2] French foot; Hoof foot; Leaf scroll foot;
Suspenders (American English, Canadian English), or braces (British English, New Zealand English, Australian English) are fabric or leather straps worn over the shoulders to hold up skirts or trousers. The straps may be elasticated, either entirely or only at attachment ends, and most straps are of woven cloth forming an X or Y shape at the back.
A club foot is a type of rounded foot for a piece of furniture, such as the end of a chair leg. [1] [2] It is also known by the alternative names pad foot [3] [4] [5] and Dutch foot, [4] [5] the latter sometimes corrupted into duck foot. [6] Such feet are rounded flat pads or disks at the end of furniture legs.