Moving Beyond the “90-Degree Obsession” in Orthotic Design For decades, standard orthotic practice followed a predictable formula. If a patient presented with severe lower limb weakness or neurological deficits, the solution was a rigid Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis (KAFO) or AFO (Ankle-Foot-Orthosis). These traditional devices were built to immobilise, locked at a strict 90-degree angle to prevent […]