(v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ankle-foot orthosis was associated with less plantar flexion at foot-strike than either the AS brace or unbraced condition.
(2) Loss of correction after brace discontinuance is negligible, due to the fact that weaning and discontinuance were based on the stability of correction after 24 unbraced hours.
(3) Statistical analysis showed that while performing cutting maneuvers, braced limbs generated significantly increased shear forces compared to the same limb unbraced.
(4) Medical collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament peak forces, medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament tension initiation times, and impact safety factors were calculated for both braced and unbraced conditions.
(5) Twenty-two unbraced patients in Group I had 14 good, 5 fair, and 3 poor results.
(6) Over 500 impact tests were performed on the surrogate knee in unbraced versus braced conditions.
(7) We noted no statistical differences between progressive and nonprogressive or between braced and unbraced patients.
(8) During straight line running, braced limbs generated significantly less lateral and aft shear forces compared to the same limb unbraced.
(9) New orthoses for a previously braced limb or an additional orthosis for a previously unbraced limb were prescribed more frequently in previously braced patients (28 of 56 vs 9 of 48, p less than 0.02).
(10) A one-way analysis of variance for repeated measures was used to compare the gait of 19 subjects with the AS brace and unbraced and 11 subjects with the AS brace, unbraced, and with an ankle-foot orthosis.
(11) The 14 unbraced patients in Group II had one fair and 13 poor results.
(12) No timing differences were noted between the braced and unbraced conditions during swing or stance phase.
(13) Most of the braces tested significantly reduced both translations and rotations compared to the unbraced limb under static test conditions.
(14) As expected, the sound limb generated significantly greater shear forces than the unbraced involved limb during most cutting maneuvers.
(15) When braced during stance phase, the ACL deficient legs demonstrated a further reduction of 18% in quadriceps total activity and 14% in peak activity compared to the unbraced situation.
(16) Three commonly used counterforce braces (lateral elbow, medial elbow, and radial-ulnar wrist) were compared with the unbraced condition.
(17) At 90 degrees, 15 lb of passive loading could not discriminate between the braced and the unbraced knee or between the normal and ACL deficient knee.
(18) The AS brace was associated with more calcaneal stability during standing than the unbraced condition.
(19) The mean loss of correction from the first standing postoperative radiograph to one obtained two years later was 7 degrees in the braced group, and 6.3 degrees in the unbraced group, the difference not being statistically significant.
(20) A biomechanical review of the anterior cruciate ligament deficient knee shows that the unbraced knee undergoes instability once its angular velocity exceeds normal cadence rate.
Unlace
Definition:
(v. t.) To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
(v. t.) To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.
(v. t.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) A superb, dangerously over-worked, standing self-portrait, Painter Working, Reflection 1993 portrays the ageing artist wearing only unlaced boots, holding a palette and knife (he was left-handed), addressing the viewer like a silent actor; invariably paint applied imaginatively to the planes of walls and floor reads as though a leitmotif for the prevailing mood.
(2) X-rays displayed next to a case of corsetry show the difference in a rib cage when a corset is unlaced and laced.
(3) Around day 2, tufts of the glomerated LBS were unlaced and dispersed as (ICCOSOMES) in the interstitium.