An experimental and theoretical framework for manufacturing prosthetic sockets for transtibial amputees

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-310

  Faustini, Mario C ^a   Neptune, Richard R ^a   Crawford, Richard H ^a   Rogers, William E ^b   Bosker, Gordon ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods (FEM); Prosthetic sockets; Software prototyping; Transtibial amputees

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; PROSTHETIC SOCKETS; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEES;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SINTERING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

PROSTHETICS;

NYLON;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; LEG AMPUTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHETIC SOCKET; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33749645803     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2006.881570     Document Type: Article

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