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An abductor wedge is designed to separate the legs of a patient. It is often used after hip surgery to prevent the new hip from "popping out".. It can also be used to support the legs of an individual with spinal cord injury or severe physical or neurological disabilities in abduction (legs apart position) while seated in a wheelchair.
Wedges of wood were introduced into any available gaps and slowly pounded down with a mallet, squeezing the legs with enough pressure to shatter bones and leak both blood and marrow. [3] For so-called ordinary offenses, the torture was conducted with four wedges, while eight wedges tortured the legs of extreme felons [4] [better source needed].
The Spanish boot was an iron casing for the leg and foot. Wood or iron wedges were hammered in between the casing and the victim's flesh. A similar device, commonly referred to as a shin crusher, squeezed the calf between two curved iron plates, studded with spikes, teeth, and knobs, to fracture the tibia and fibula.
File Separator: FS U+001D 29 035 Group Separator: GS U+001E 30 036 Record Separator: RS U+001F 31 037 Unit Separator: US U+007F 127 0177 Delete: DEL C1: U+0080 128 0302 0200: Padding Character PAD U+0081 129 0302 0201: High Octet Preset HOP U+0082 130 0302 0202: Break Permitted Here BPH U+0083 131 0302 0203: No Break Here NBH U+0084 132 0302 ...
The thickness of the fascia can give problems when any inflammation present in the leg has little room to expand into. Blood vessels and nerves can also be affected by the pressure caused by any swelling in the leg. If the pressure becomes great enough, blood flow to the muscle can be blocked, leading to a condition known as compartment ...
Aaron Rodgers’ disappointing two-year stint with the New York Jets is over. The Jets announced Thursday they told the 41-year-old quarterback they are moving on without him next season. While ...