Feasibility study on a composite material construction technique for highly stressed components in reciprocal walking orthoses for paraplegic patients

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-360

  Woollam, P J ^a   Dominy, J ^b   McCleod, N ^b   Stallard, J ^c   Major, R E ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Carbon Concepts Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Cosmesis; Efficiency of walking; Failure mode; Orthosis stiffness; Orthosis weight; Reciprocal walking orthosis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; FAILURE MODES; ORTHOTICS; PLANNING; STIFFNESS;

COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURE; COSMESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LATERAL STIFFNESS; MATERIAL CONSTRUCTIONS; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS; WALKING EFFICIENCY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

METAL; RESIN;

ARTICLE; BRACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHOTICS; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BRACES; COMPOSITE RESINS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARAPLEGIA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032613187     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411991535185     Document Type: Article

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