Support

Claim 2

Support for a part of the body, particularly for a joint, comprising a sleeve or wrapper made substantially from elastic material and extending, after its application, between a proximal line and a distal line in respect of the joint, to which sleeve or wrapper optionally a bandage is fastened to provide greater pressure on and/or more support to the part of the body, charac­terized in that on the inner surface of the support the surface is provided with a part having an increased coefficient of friction in respect of the skin compared with the rest of the inner sur­face, and in that that part of the surface is situated at that place that is in contact, after the application of the support, with parts of the surface of the skin having muscular and/or ten­dinous tissue underneath, which tissue can be innervated proprioceptively to initiate one particular change in position between skeleton parts situated on either side of the joint.

Claim 3

Support according to claim 1, characterized in that the part of the surface having an increased coefficient of friction consists of chamois leather.

Claim 4

Support according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the part of the surface having an increased coefficient of friction is discontinuous.

Claim 5

Support for an ankle joint according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the part of the surface having an increased coefficient of friction is situated in a strip of the support bet­ween the proximal and distal limits, which strip is in contact, after the application of the support, with a strip of the skin situated laterally in respect of a sagittal plane between the 2nd and the 3rd toe.

Claim 6

Support suitable as a support for an ankle joint according to claim 4, characterized in that the support consisting of a first elastic material substantially consists of a sleeve which is bent in the shape of a foot and open at both ends, comprising a straight leg portion terminating in an edge of the leg portion, a bent heel portion linking up with the leg portion and a straight foot portion linking up with the heel portion and terminating in an edge of the foot portion, in that on the concave side of the sleeve a strip of the support extending between the edge of the leg portion and the edge of the foot portion consists of a second elastic material having a greater elasticity than the first elastic material and in that on the concave side, between the first and the second elastic material, a split has been provided from the edge of the leg portion to near the edge of the foot por­tion, which split can be closed with fasteners.

Claim 7

Support according to claim 5, characterized in that the support has two cross bandages fastened to the sole of the foot portion of the support, before the heel portion, both having a length suf­ficient for the one, the medial cross bandage, to be fastened medially along the foot portion, crosswise over the instep and laterally on the proximal side of the support and for the other, the lateral cross bandage, to be fastened laterally along the foot portion, crosswise over the instep and medially on the proximal side of the support.

Claim 8

Support according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the sup­port is provided with a busk passing crosswise under the foot before the heel and subsequently bent medially and laterally along the line: vertically upwards, virtually horizontally to beyond the malleoli and vertically upwards to the edge of the leg portion of the support.

Claim 9

Support for a wrist joint according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the part of the surface having an increased coefficient of friction in respect of the skin is situated in an area extending from the proximal side of the support, which area is in contact, after the application of the supprt, with the palmar and ulnar parts of the skin of the forearm and the hand.

Claim 10

Support suitable as a support for a wrist joint according to claim 8, characterized in that the support is a substantially rec­tangular wrapper with a distal side of the rectangle and a proxi­ mal side of the rectangle parallel to it, a palmar side of the rectangle and a dorsal side of the rectangle parallel to it, which wrapper can be shaped to form a sleeve by means of fasteners along the palmar and dorsal sides of the rectangle, in that there is a U-shaped recess between the palmar and dorsal sides of the rec­tangle having its mouth on the distal side of the rectangle, which recess is bridged, between the legs of the U, by two elastic strips of material having a greater elasticity than the material of the wrapper, the first of which extends from the ends of the legs on the U and the second from the closed end of the U in such a manner that a thumb can be inserted between the bridging strips, in that an elastic bandage is present fastened to the dorsal side of the rectangle and having sufficient length to cover the way: palmar, radial, dorsal sides of the forearm, ulnar and palmar sides of the hand, between thumb and forefinger obliquely over the dorsal side of the hand, over ulnar, palmar and radial sides of the forearm and then obliquely to the dorsal side of the hand, and in that the bandage is provided on its proximal side with a recess for the portion applied between thumb and forefinger.

Claim 11

Support according to claim 9, characterized in that at least the strip extending from the closed end of the U has an excess of material.