Version: User’s manual EN NF-Walker 2 ver. 2.0
Date for this version: 09.02.2017
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5.4
Guide straps/elastics
There are two guide straps/elastics connecting the brace to the undercarriage. One guide
strap/elastic is connected to the ring (6 (chapter 5.2)) near the knee joints (12 (chapter 5.2)) and is
running over the rollers at the U-tube (3 (chapter 5.1)). The other guide strap/elastic is connected to
the rings (13 (chapter 5.2)) at the ankle joints (9 (chapter 5.2)) and is running over the rollers at the
front axle (11 and 12 (chapter 5.1)). The guide straps/elastics can be slacked or tightened according
to each user’s need.
The guide straps/elastics are having a number of functions:
Stretching out the user
Guiding the walking pattern
Placing the legs under the user’s body
Ensuring weight-bearing trough the user’s body
Pulling of the undercarriage while walking
It’s possible to use either guide straps or guide elastics - or a combination of these. This will have to
be assessed for the actual user of the product.
Elastics will give the user more freedom in movement and less correcting of the gait pattern, while
the guide straps will decrease the freedom and increase the correction of the gait pattern.
Some users are using guide elastics for walking and guide straps for stretching in a standing position.
This gives the NF-Walker 2 a possibility to be both a walking aid and a dynamic standing frame.
