Figure 10

Step by step construction of a "try-on" brace. First the lumbar shell is attached with rivets (in the "try-on" braces the shells might be attached with screws first) at the lordosis apex of the pre-bent dorsal upright. After that the pelvic shell is attached, then the thoracic and finally the axillary shell. Because the individual shells might be tilted, the strap attachment is fitted finally after the shells are in their final position before the shell edges are cut in order to finalize and minimize the brace.