stability boots
Swiss Balance offers Künzli stability boots. Künzli's special stabilizers use the "A-Form" principle to prevent tilt and twist in the patient's ankle without hindering natural bio-mechanical motion. A torsion-resistant "Sandwich Sole" guides a controlled roll-over in the anterior-posterior plane.
Studies have shown that patients fitted with these stability boots returned to work two weeks earlier than those treated with common plaster immobilization procedures.
Why Stability Boots Work
The A-Principle
The A-principle is the key element of the stability boots and was developed by Swiss orthopedic surgeons specialized in foot and ankle as well as sport medicine and shoe manufacturer Künzli of Switzerland. The A-principle has been widely recognized by practitioners and appreciated by thousands of patients for more than a decade. Stability boots are used:
- After complicated and semi-complicated conservative or operatively treated ligament injuries on the upper joint.
- After immobilization with plaster of Paris or similar treatments
- Or instead of conservative fixation with similar methods.
Multiple studies have proven its effectiveness. Benefits include returning to work approximately two weeks earlier than patients who are treated with common immobilization procedures.
- The medially and laterally installed stabilizers of the “A-Form” principle prevent the ankle from tilting and twisting.
- The medial-lateral-posterior cup reinforcement at the heel provides optimal control of the calcaneus without hindering the natural biomechanical motion.
- The unique lacing system exerts even immobilization over the instep. The sooth, lightweight leather further optimizes the effect.
- The “Sandwich-Sole” limits torsion of the foot, supports a controlled rollover in the anterior-posterior plane and reduces medial-lateral movement, especially in the hindfoot.
- The insoles are removable in the event that prescribed custom foot orthotics are required.
References
The effectiveness of rotational stabilization in the conservative treatment of severe ankle sprains: |
Clinical outcomes of stability boots |
Treatment of fibular ligament rupture with the Ortho Rehab shoe |
Ankle sprain evaluation and bracing |
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