11.   McNair was wearing a plastic walking brace on his left foot, which has been bothering him for the past two months.

12.   New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady showed no signs of being hampered by injury when he practiced with a plastic brace on his sprained left ankle.

13.   She wore a white plastic brace on her leg.

14.   Using the new equipment, its staff will fit children for plastic braces instead of the present bamboo and metal ones.