Three dimensional stress analysis of diabetic insole: A finite element approach

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Barani, Zohreh ^a   Haghpanahi, Mohammad ^b   Katoozian, Hamid ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetic insoles; Ethinil Vinyl Acetate (EVA); Hyperelasticity; Plastozot; Polyfoam; Silicon gel; Three dimensional FEM

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; SILICON; VINYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT SOLE; GAIT; GEOMETRY; HALLUX; LITERATURE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 23944511398     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2005-13305     Document Type: Article

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