Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Hi Everyone! My name is and I am an engineering student at Montana State University. I am working on my senior design project and need some feedback from parents. My projects is to design an adjustable brace that would replace the casting. My questions for you guys are , what are the strengths of the current (Ponseti) method and what are the drawbacks, could anything be improved and if so what? Also if any of you would even be willing to talk to me on the phone that would be great, just email me privatly nitrot150@.... and i will call you. THanks for you Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I suggested she might be able to invent a new DBB system but as far as a mechanical device to replace casting I doubt it can be done. s. Hi Everyone! My name is and I am an engineering student at Montana State University. I am working on my senior design project and need some feedback from parents. My projects is to design an adjustable brace that would replace the casting. My questions for you guys are , what are the strengths of the current (Ponseti) method and what are the drawbacks, could anything be improved and if so what? Also if any of you would even be willing to talk to me on the phone that would be great, just email me privatly nitrot150@.... and i will call you. THanks for you Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I suggested she might be able to invent a new DBB system but as far as a mechanical device to replace casting I doubt it can be done. s. Hi Everyone! My name is and I am an engineering student at Montana State University. I am working on my senior design project and need some feedback from parents. My projects is to design an adjustable brace that would replace the casting. My questions for you guys are , what are the strengths of the current (Ponseti) method and what are the drawbacks, could anything be improved and if so what? Also if any of you would even be willing to talk to me on the phone that would be great, just email me privatly nitrot150@.... and i will call you. THanks for you Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Dear , I suggest you should first see the live casting procedure if didn't saw yet. I think its the experience and training of the doctor to adjust bones in a particular right direction and which also varies from case to case. However after acheiving the correction by casting one can device some other type of brace instead of DBB, but casting by an experience doctor can't be totally eliminated. Regards Shahid Karachi,Pakistan 92-021-6676961 --- nitrot150 nitrot150@...> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone! > My name is and I am an engineering student at > Montana State > University. I am working on my senior design > project and need some > feedback from parents. My projects is to design an > adjustable brace > that would replace the casting. My questions for > you guys are , what > are the strengths of the current (Ponseti) method > and what are the > drawbacks, could anything be improved and if so > what? Also if any of > you would even be willing to talk to me on the phone > that would be > great, just email me privatly nitrot150@.... > and i will call you. > THanks for you Time > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Dear , I suggest you should first see the live casting procedure if didn't saw yet. I think its the experience and training of the doctor to adjust bones in a particular right direction and which also varies from case to case. However after acheiving the correction by casting one can device some other type of brace instead of DBB, but casting by an experience doctor can't be totally eliminated. Regards Shahid Karachi,Pakistan 92-021-6676961 --- nitrot150 nitrot150@...> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone! > My name is and I am an engineering student at > Montana State > University. I am working on my senior design > project and need some > feedback from parents. My projects is to design an > adjustable brace > that would replace the casting. My questions for > you guys are , what > are the strengths of the current (Ponseti) method > and what are the > drawbacks, could anything be improved and if so > what? Also if any of > you would even be willing to talk to me on the phone > that would be > great, just email me privatly nitrot150@.... > and i will call you. > THanks for you Time > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Well the idea is for the brace or device to mimic the casting and would be adjusted by a doctor at every step. > > > > > > > Hi Everyone! > > My name is and I am an engineering student at > > Montana State > > University. I am working on my senior design > > project and need some > > feedback from parents. My projects is to design an > > adjustable brace > > that would replace the casting. My questions for > > you guys are , what > > are the strengths of the current (Ponseti) method > > and what are the > > drawbacks, could anything be improved and if so > > what? Also if any of > > you would even be willing to talk to me on the phone > > that would be > > great, just email me privatly nitrot150@y... > > and i will call you. > > THanks for you Time > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Hi , Welcome to our group. I respect your notion and intentions. However, I think that creating a device to mimick casting would be a lot more difficult and expensive than casting itself. I think that it would also be a less precise method of attaining correction because it doesn't seem possible that a mold (or something like) could grow with the foot and hold the exact position as accurately. Casts are going to be difficult to replace. There are so many positives and very few negatives to the casting procedure. They are custom made weekly, easy to manipulate into proper position when put on, hard enough to hold correction, soft enough to avoid sores (for the most part), not removable and replaceable by inexperienced parents, but easily removable if/when needed, quickly made, largely available, relatively lightweight and require minimal resources and reasonably priced. Also, then you have to deal with possible removal by the parents, incorrect replacement, increased likelyhood of sores from a fit that is less custom and probably a longer wear time. On top of that, it is difficult enough to an ortho doc that is well trained in the casting method of correction for clubfoot that it would have to be even more difficult to find doctors that would be willing to train and use a new, unproven, unfamiliar device. I also think it would be even more tricky finding educated parents to test the new idea when so many people KNOW that casting works. It is kind of like the old saying, " If if ain't broke, don't fix it. " Casting works and from my experience it has very minimal drawbacks that far outweigh the benefits. I am not trying to be close minded, only honest. I just don't see what could realistically replace the castings. Traction is too troublesome and much more complicated and anything else I can picture is along the lines of an AFO, which we all know is not the answer. Maybe you will prove me wrong though. I agree with the previous post that your best bet is to work on improving the DBB because that is where people run into the most problems and have the most complaints; but there again, I don't see an effective alternative. In my opinion, casting has little room for improvement unless you can come up with clear, waterproof casts (that are porous enough to prevent excessive sweating) so people can see through them to check for sores....but that is still a cast and not an alternative. I hope that your mind is more creative than mine. Good Luck on your endeavor and please keep us posted on your project, I am sure we would all be interested in knowing the end result of your research. Freeman Kaitlin Freeman 3/9/04 LCF Sandals 12-14h/day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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