Design enhancement of a solid ankle-foot orthosis: Real-time contact pressures evaluation

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-281

  Nowak, Michael D ^b   Abu Hasaballah, Khamis S ^a   Cooper, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ankle; Ankle foot orthosis; F Scan; MAFO; Pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; ORTHOPEDICS; PRESSURE;

CONTACT PRESSURE EVALUATION; MOLDED ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS;

ORTHOTICS;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034190298     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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