1.   The miners used special braces to keep the walls from collapsing.

2.   Aside from a proper warmup, Elliott says golfers with bad backs might benefit from a special brace that increases abdominal pressure, helping to unload the disc.

3.   But Jose is learning to feed himself, comb his hair and brush his teeth with the help of a special brace on his right forearm.

4.   Calkins will wear a special brace on his ankle.

5.   He still remembers himself as a little boy whose deformed legs required special braces to straighten.

6.   He played with a special brace that supported the hernia.

7.   He was fitted with a special brace and had to take extra practice laps Saturday to determine whether or not he could race.

8.   Marvin Washington worked at left end, while right tackle Matt Brock is to be fitted for a special brace Friday for a hyperextended elbow.

9.   The sitter has to hold still for a long exposure, and he uses a special brace for the purpose.

10.   A special brace that Vick could wear on the field was expected to arrive by Wednesday.