Documents & Videos: DAFO FlexiSport

• How to | Assess range & voluntary control in the crouching patient

  In this educational video, Cascade Dafo owner/founder Don Buethorn, CPO, talks about assessing range and level of voluntary control in patients who exhibit crouching/excess dorsiflexion. Includes discussion of various Cascade Dafo brace styles.

• DAFO FlexiSport: Order Form

  Order form for the DAFO FlexiSport. May be completed electronically or printed and filled out by hand. Must be sent in with the patient's cast or uploaded with your digital scan through the e-order system at https://orders.cascadedafo.com

• DAFO FlexiSport: Product Sheet

  Detailed product information and patient indications for the DAFO FlexiSport.

• Brace movement | DAFO FlexiSport

  This video demonstrates how the leg and ankle move in the DAFO FlexiSport.

• Before & After: knee hyperextension | DAFO FlexiSport

  This patient is wearing a pair of DAFO FlexiSport AFOs to control hyperextension. The DAFO FlexiSport has a semi-flexible posterior upright, providing graded resistance to plantarflexion/dorsiflexion.

• News article: Ankle-Foot Bracing for Young Athletes

  Published in the April 2008 edition of O&P Edge.

• Product video | DAFO 3.5 & DAFO FlexiSport comparison

  This product video compares the DAFO 3.5 and the DAFO FlexiSport, two functionally similar braces styles. Watch the video to learn how they differ and what patients would benefit from each brace style.

• Brace movement | DAFO 3.5 and DAFO FlexiSport side-by-side comparison

  This side-by-side comparison shows how the leg and ankle move in the DAFO 3.5 as compared to the DAFO FlexiSport. Both of these leaf-spring style braces are designed to resist both plantarflexion and dorsiflexion. The DAFO FlexiSport is designed for bigger, more active patients, while the DAFO 3.5 is intended for smaller patients.