Virtual prototyping of a brace design for the correction of scoliotic deformities

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-473

  Clin, Julien ^a,b   Aubin, Carl Éric ^a,b   Labelle, Hubert ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brace; Design; Finite element model; Optimization; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ORTHOTICS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

BOSTON BRACE SYSTEM; BRACE DESIGN; SCOLIOSIS; THORACO-LUMBO-SACRAL ORTHOSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BRACE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORTHOSIS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PELVIS; RIB; SCOLIOSIS; SIMULATION; SPINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRUNK; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIS; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 34247606855     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0171-4     Document Type: Article

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