Assessment of the non-linear behaviour of plastic ankle foot orthoses by the finite element method

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

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 527-539

  Syngellakis, S ^a,b   Arnold, M A ^a,b   Rassoulian, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYPROPYLENES; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSES (AFO); ORTHOSIS TRIMLINE;

BRACES (FOR LIMBS AND JOINTS);

ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELASTICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSTHESIS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANKLE; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034517075     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535561     Document Type: Article

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