orthosis

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Introduction

Mechanical devices which apply pressure to parts of the body in order to support, correct, or aid function.

↑ Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
↑ Hawke F, Burns J, Radford JA, du Toit V. Custom-made foot orthoses for the treatment of foot pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jul 16;(3):CD006801 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18646168