Our patient care facilities are all accredited by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthotics, Inc. (ABC). This means we Start slowly, only wearing your KAFO for a maximum of one hour on the first day. Increase the wearing time each day, by an extra 30 minutes to one hour until Patient Name: Date: Completed by: From Physician Records. History of condition necessitating orthosis. ❑ Diagnosis and Diagnosis Code. named patient only. 1. Ensure that all the straps are securely fastened and that the KAFO is positioned according to the orthotist's instructions. Patient Information. Orthotics. Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis. Introduction. You may have been provided with a knee-ankle-foot orthosis (or KAFO). Stretching KAFOs are intended to provide a continual, gentle stretch to the soft tissue, musculature and joints of patient's knees and ankles and intrinsic The following instructions are for putting on a basic plastic KAFO with metal uprights If you are a Gillette patient with urgent questions or concerns,APPLICATION. 1. Apply your socks and smooth out any wrinkles. 2. Sit with your knee flexed and (if possible) the knee joint of the KAFO bent as well. Custom Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis with Unilateral Steplock. Joints. WEARING INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Apply with Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis in unlocked knee position.