Cascade dafo K2 User manual

Donning and Adjusting the K2 Hound Dog
Adjustable Knee Extension Brace
To don the brace
Tips
• Establish wearing time rst; then improve position by tightening the knee straps.
• For consistent positioning and to track progress, mark the knee straps where they fold through the D-rings.
• Clean the brace with a sponge, mild soap and warm water. Towel dry, then let air-dry for a few hours.
• The HoundDog comes adjusted to the measurements you specied. To adjust for growth, see reverse.
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1. Lay the wearer down . . . supine (not semi-sitting, hip not exed).
Foam cus do not slide well on bare skin. For comfort,
wear soft-fabric long pants (sweatpants, etc.).
2. Close the thigh and calf cus. • To keep the cu straps out of the way, open and hook
each one to itself.
• Open the cus and put the leg into them. Pull the
pants smooth.
• Fold the cus over the leg. To avoid the patient’s knee
crease, center the knee between the two cus. The
white tray should not touch the leg.
• Run each strap through its D-ring and secure it over the
cu.
3. Close the knee straps. • Bring each strap down from the knee through the D-
rings on the tray and hook the Velcro.
• Pull the straps only as tight as the wearer can tolerate.
• Equalize tension on all 4 straps.
4. Fine-tune cu pressure. • Make the thigh and calf cus snug but not tight.

To adjust for leg length
1. Unscrew the 5 hex screws . . . using the Allen wrench.
2. Lay out the K2 . . . next to the patient’s leg, tray side down.
3. Move the tray arms . . . to the longest position that comfortably matches the
wearer’s current knee contracture.
• To keep the cus out of the knee crease, move the
thigh cu as close as possible to hip and the calf cu
as close as possible to ankle
without restricting hip or ankle.
• While checking t, secure one screw to hold the tray
in place.
• The tray should not touch the patient’s leg.
4. Tighten the screws . . . through both sections of the tray.
• For the two long screws that secure the knee straps,
choose tray holes that bring the straps straight down
as vertically as possible from the knee pad.
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K2 HoundDog Donning and Adjustment Rev.02 (Jun 2018)