the only other info i have is that the brace i am interested in helped to hold the knees apart
2007-11-13 02:23:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Polio was a big issue in the 50's! Those it didn't kill often crippled. Thank God for vaccinations. I remember as a little girl in the 60's getting the medicine on a sugar cube to prevent polio and had numerous friends in leg braces.
2007-11-13 02:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Skeeter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 14:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leg braces were used for several different reasons. Polio being one of them, also to try and correct leg deformities, twisted muscles and bones. Feet turning in or out. There may be more I'm sure. Medicine has come a long way.
2007-11-13 02:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by night_of_mystery29 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polio.
2007-11-14 06:50:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might have been for polio, but I think most common would have been to treat inversion of the toes, straighten the hips.
2007-11-13 02:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that and also being pidgeon toed.
2007-11-13 02:28:34 · answer #6 · answered by Nurse Brandi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋