PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instrument for an ankle, capable of stabilizing a lower leg bone, an ankle bone, and a plantar acetabular roof by assisting a pincer operation of malleolus, stabilizing the ankle bone, and guiding a malleolus to an intermediate position.SOLUTION: An instrument for an ankle includes: an instrument fixed to the circumference of a medial malleolus and giving pressure stimulation an instrument fixed to the lower edge and rear edge of a lateral malleolus and giving pressure stimulation and an instrument body front part 3 that connects them to reliably give pressure stimulation and is diagonally set along fibers of an anterior tibiofibular ligament and pads to be fixed to the portions of the instrument body, where the instrument body comes into contact with the circumference of the medial malleolus and the circumference of the lateral malleolus.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】 果部のペンチ作用を補助し、距骨を安定させることによって距骨下関節を中間位に誘導し、下腿骨・距骨・足底臼蓋を安定させることのできる足首用器具の提供を目的とする。【解決手段】 内果周囲に止着し圧迫刺激する器具と、外果下縁・後縁に止着し圧迫刺激する器具と、それらを繋ぎ圧迫刺激を確実にする前脛腓靭帯の繊維に沿うように斜走する器具本体前部3と、器具本体が内果周囲・外果周囲と接触する部分の器具本体に固定されるパッドを備えている、ことを特徴とする足首用器具。【選択図】図3
