Iowa Brace Clubfoot Correction Brace

If your health care provider has prescribed different shoe sizes for right and left shoe please call customer service (+1-574-306-4006) for ordering.

The Iowa Brace is worn to maintain a clubfoot correction and to prevent recurrence (relapse) of clubfoot after the foot has been fully corrected using the Ponseti method. Children wear the brace on both feet even if they only have one clubfoot. The shoes are positioned to turn out 60-degrees for a corrected clubfoot, and 30-degrees for a normal foot.

• Universal – Can use with either the right or left foot
  

• Hold at an adjustable angle of either 60° (clubfoot) or 30° (normal)

• Accommodates different shoe sizes as the child grows

• Easily detached from the plastic positioning bar with a release button located on the bottom

• Iowa Flexbar has 15° of dorsiflexion on each end

• Easy brace removal by parents

• Enhanced buckle to help prevent the child from taking the brace off during the night

• Placement and operation of shoe release button not easily activated by child

• State of the art breathable materials that prevent heat buildup, discomfort and skin irritations

• Soil resistant and easy cleaning

Parts of the Iowa Brace

The Iowa Brace consists of the following parts:

• One pair of clubfoot brace shoes (left and right)

• Two platforms (one for each shoe)

• Two plugs (one for each platform)

• Four screws (two for each platform)

• One Iowa Flexbar

• Two release keys

Each shoe has an AFO insert, a tongue, and straps with enhanced buckles. The open-toe design allows room for the foot to grow between changes in shoe size. The shoes come in twelve sizes, U.S. children’s size 000 to U.S. children’s size 12.

Platforms

The platforms can be used with either a left or right shoe. The platforms have two slots on the sides that allow you to set the angle of the shoes when the Iowa Flexbar is inserted into the slot. The locking tab on the underside of the plat-forms prevents children from releasing the bar. Clubfoot Solutions provides a brace release key to unlock and release the Iowa Flexbar from the platform. Platforms come in two sizes. The small platforms are for shoe sizes 000–3 and the large platforms are for shoe sizes 4–9.The plugs that come with the platforms are used after you set the angle to prevent the brace from being locked with the shoes at the wrong angle. The screws that come with the platforms are used to connect the platforms to the Iowa Brace shoes. The brace release key makes it easier to unlock the platforms from the bar.

Iowa Flexbar

The Iowa Flexbar has a built-in angle of 15 degrees of dorsiflexion on each end. When the child is wearing the brace, the ends of the Iowa Flexbar point up, towards the knees. The Iowa Flexbar comes in three lengths. Although the choice of bar length is at the discretion of the supervising healthcare provider, suggested bar lengths for different shoe sizes are as follows:

• Shoe sizes 000 through 3 : 8 inch bar
• Shoe sizes 4 through 6 : 10 inch bar
• Shoe sizes 7 through 9 : 12 inch bar

Shoes

Each shoe has an AFO insert, a tongue, and straps with enhanced buckles. The open-toe design allows room for the foot 12 (See sizing chart on page 15) platforms can be used with either a left or right shoe. The platforms have two slots on the sides that allow you to set the angle of the shoes when the Iowa Flexbar is inserted into the slot. The locking tab on the underside of the platforms prevents children from releasing the bar. Clubfoot Solutions provides a brace release key to unlock and release the Iowa Flexbar from the platform. Platforms come in three sizes. The small platforms are for shoe sizes 000-3, and the medium platforms for sizes 4-9, and the large platforms for sizes 10-12.The plugs that come with the platforms are used after you set the angle to prevent the brace from being locked with the shoes at the wrong angle. The screws that come with the platforms are used to connect the platforms to the Iowa Brace shoes. The brace release key makes it easier to unlock the platforms from the bar.

WARNING: The Iowa Brace is designed and intended to be used with children whose clubfoot has been fully corrected with the Ponseti method. Do not use the brace with a child who has a partially corrected clubfoot or a relapsed clubfoot, as this may result in pain and injury to the child.If any part of the Iowa Brace (shoe, straps, platform, plugs, screws, or the Iowa Flexbar) fails, malfunctions, or is damaged, do not used the damaged part. For information about the warranty, replacement, and return policy, visit http://www.clubfootsolutions.org/ or contact Clubfoot Solutions.

If wearing the Iowa Brace results in skin irritation or blisters for the child or other adverse effects that cannot be corrected through proper use of the Iowa Brace (see also, “Troubleshooting”, below), consult the child’s doctor or the healthcare professional supervising the care of the child.