THE PROtechT SPORT - Prevention Knee Brace

  • Will Harrison

The PROtechT SPORT – Prevention Brace is a knee brace created for the prevention of injury of skiers. From conducting primary and secondary research into the sport, it was found that 35% of all ski injury affects the knee. The current market is saturated with rehabilitation braces designed to aid recovery of a previously injured knee, rather than eradicating the problem to begin with. ​ The preventative knee brace redefines material and component technologies previously used in existing products. PROtechT offers improved performance, reliability, reduced weight, improved wear-ability, and enhanced product brand culture. The uniquely configured flexing mesh lattice, encapsulated in a silicon substrate – which emulates the physiology of restraining ligament and stabilising muscle – provides freedom of movement with support and protective restraint when critical joint rotation and extensions is reached. The advancement in materials used has created a resistant and protective, yet flexible and free moving brace.