Who is the ideal user for the Bracehorn, and what conditions might they have?
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Short answer: Dominic describes the population that typically wears the braces the Bracehorn is designed to work with. He identifies AFOs, ExoSym braces and the Arizona foot brace as the common device types, and explains that these are generally worn by people with drop foot, people who have had a stroke, or people with degenerative muscle conditions who need an exoskeleton-style device to stabilize the leg and femur in order to walk better. He clarifies the terminology as well, noting that AFO stands for ankle foot orthosis. The common thread across these users is that they rely on a rigid or semi-rigid brace to walk, which is precisely the situation in which getting a shoe on over the brace becomes difficult and a purpose-built guide becomes valuable.
In Dominic's words
A lot of times braces, or ExoSym braces, or the Arizona foot brace are worn by people who have drop foot. They either have drop foot, or they are stroke victims, or they have a degenerative muscle condition where they need some kind of exoskeleton to stabilize their whole leg and their femur so they can walk better. That is who usually uses the AFO.
It is called ankle foot orthosis. So the ideal user for the Bracehorn is really anyone in that group. It is not one single condition.
It is anybody whose walking depends on wearing a brace, whether that came from a stroke, from drop foot, or from a degenerative condition that took away the muscle control. What they all have in common is that the brace is not optional for them, they are wearing it every day, and that means putting a shoe on over it is something they have to do every single day too.