Mounting instructions for the genuS Kneewalker

At first adjust the crutches to the right length. By that your shoulders shall not be pulled up, they shall hang normally and unstrained on the body. By that adjust the handgrips in a hight, in which both hands are hanging on straight arms beside your hip. Please see the example picture beside.

Now put the genuS kneewalker on a table with the screw - holes upwards. Lay the crutch into the fixing - guideways and fix the clamps LOOSE with the screws. Please mind that you still can move the crutch easily in the guideways for the adjusting of the proper position of the kneewalker. Because the kneewalker can become used for the left or the right leg, please mind that you´ll choose the matching fixing-guideways. The 2nd picture shows the mounting of the kneewalker on the crutch.

Now stick the added rubbermat as a stuffing into the kneewalker.

After that stand upright and slide the kneewalker upwards on the crutch -tube up to the bended knee of the injured leg. The kneewalker should be adjusted one finger broad lower than felt with the hanging knee in the shell. This process is easier to do with the help of a 2nd person.

Now fix the screws tight. Mind please, that You NEVER fix the lower clamp above the upper end of the inner crutch - tube, but ALLWAYS underneath in a region in which there are both tubes of the crutch! Please mind for that also the accompainment paper with the schedules for matching crutches.

To orthopedic technicians:

The pictures in the bottom show the modification of the genuS kneewalker as an upper leg stump - rest. For this you cut an according tongue out of the kneewalker and mount it with a 3rd clamp as a guide - tongue above the kneewalker. Further you must form an individual foam - pillow for the stump of your client. Please contact genuS for details.