TREATMENT BY A POSITION: ORTHOSES
In the article orthotics has been discussed as one of the methods of prophylaxis, treatment and re- habilitation of the patients with pathology of a supporting-motional system. A brief history of orthotics has been presented and its significance has been shown for rehabilitation of the patients. There have been formulated the main principles which underlie the action of orthoses, there have been determined indications and contraindications for their use in different traumas and diseases of the supporting-motional system taking into consideration the up-to-date concepts about the mechanism of the influence of versatile types of orthoses on the limb articulation or the limb segment.