Gellets or gillette modification for foot orthotic?

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Had a recent request to manufacture an orthotic with a Gellets modification added.

Anybody know what a Gellets modification is?

I believe it is an external post of some sort but cant find any literature on it?

Could it be a mispelling of the gillettes modification by chance?

Scott

 

Re: gellets modification

In the context of foot orthoses, there is the "gellet" joint which is a particular type of hinge used in an AFO - I assume it is not that.

The 'Gillette' modification is something a bit vaguer. It is a modification to an AFO in which there is a flat buttress or outflare to increase medial and stability. Maybe in the context of foot orthoses, they requesting an outflare to the heel post? However, it is a term that is very uncommonly used (I have not heard it used for years).

I suspect it is a mis-spelling of the term.

Can you ask them and come back and tell us?

 

"The Gillette foot orthosis is a modified polypropylene orthosis using a medial outrigger on the heel to seat the orthosis more firmly in the shoe and develop a stronger molding on the navicular and calcaneus. "

Basically, the Gillette modification is a UCBL orthosis with a rearfoot post and medial flare on that rearfoot post.:drinks

 

Craig and kevin,thanks for your help.

I will contact the practitioner again to get clarification.

It appears from the photo that Kevin posted that the flare is applied to the positive.

Interestingly, the customer has requested a rather large medial skive, surely this would negate the medial heel dressing on the positive?

Tell to get on the phone....

Scott

 

Scott:

Those aren't positive casts in the photo, they are foot orthoses.

 

Kevin,

Poor image viewed on i.phone, looked cast like

Would I be right in saying the positive cast is modified to create a medial flare to the heel portion of the shell?

Or is it simply a extended hemi post with a straight grind?


Scott

 

Scott:

Why don't you try reading the article first.

 

Thank you for oulining this paper which offers a definition of the Gillette foot orthoses.

No information of the manufacturing techniques used was indicated in this paper.

I have found this paper which gives the full details of how a gillette orthoses is fabricated.

http://www.martycarlson.com/assets/...oint-Orthotics_and_Prosthetics_March_1979.pdf

Regards

Scott