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Orthopedic Traction Device. The user typically wears some kind of chinstrap harness that attaches to a bag filled with a specified amount of sand or water which is suspended over a door with a pulley system. The traction can hold the fractured bone or dislocated joint in place. A hand crank and jack screw. There are two types of traction.
Edit on wikidata traction is a set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the spine and skeletal system. Skin traction and skeletal traction. Charnley traction unit boot is ideally suited for both balanced suspension and fixed skeletal traction which is discussed next fig. This can cause painful movement at the fracture site and muscle cramping. United states patent 6895969. An orthopedic traction device as defined in claim 5 said girdle being provided with an arcuate cut out extending upwardly from the central rear thereof said cut out zone being replaced by a thin flexible fabric mesh material allowing for heat treatment to the lower back area of the wearer of the device without necessitating its removal.
Buck s traction is a type of skin traction that is widely used for femoral hip and acetabular fractures which are fractures in the socket portion of the ball and socket hip joint.
As the most common type of traction device for home use over the door cervical traction equipment uses counterweights to provide desired traction therapy. Buck s traction is a type of skin traction that is widely used for femoral hip and acetabular fractures which are fractures in the socket portion of the ball and socket hip joint. The user typically wears some kind of chinstrap harness that attaches to a bag filled with a specified amount of sand or water which is suspended over a door with a pulley system. The traction can hold the fractured bone or dislocated joint in place. Traction orthopedics early greek traction device from a byzantine edition of galen s work in the 2nd century ad. United states patent 6895969.