Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Knee Buckling(also: Knee giving way)
- A sudden loss of knee stability during weight-bearing in which the knee flexes involuntarily, often causing the person to stumble or fall. Knee buckling is commonly caused by quadriceps weakness, neurological conditions (stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury), knee…
- Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis(also: KAFO)
- A lower-limb orthosis that spans the knee, ankle, and foot to provide weight-bearing support and prevent knee buckling or hyperextension in people with significant leg weakness or paralysis - commonly due to stroke, spinal cord injury, post-polio syndrome, or muscular dystrophy.…
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