Product Overview
The NEW UNIVERSAL GLADIATOR 1832 Knee Brace can help speed recovery and is adjustable for a comfortable fit. It is recommended for noncontact sports and daily activities. The Gladiator 1832 provides compression and support for your injured knee and is ideal for speeding recovery of ACL and MCL injuries. The Knee brace is meant for patients who can load weight on the injured knee and is capable of some ambulation. The polycentric hinge with contoured condyle shell has aluminum uprights and offers full flexion and extension control with settings at 0°, 15°, 30°, 60° and 90°.
Features:
R.O.M. hinges with contoured condyle shells that allow for full flexion and extension control indicated for medial/lateral instability, muscle/ligament weakness or injury, ACL/PCL moderate instability, strains or sprains and degenerative joint disease where extension/flexion control is required
Typical Indications:
• Patellar Honodropathy (Osteochondral repairs),
• Retropatellar
• Osteoarthritis,
• post-operative and post traumatic irritations including
• Rehabilitation of :MCL, LCL, PCL, ACL (Sprains, Meniscus injuries, Lateral,
• Anterior, Medial, and Posterior tilt, etc.)
• Post lateral release surgery to limit the extension and flexion of the joint,
• Patella and knee instabilities
• (Patella Dislocation, Patella Subluxation, Patella Alta, Patella Stabilization, Patella Tendon repairs)
• General knee pain,
• Mild Chondronmalacia,
• Condylar Fractures,
• Tibial Plateau Fractures
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