Biomechanical modeling of brace design

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 123, Issue , 2006, Pages 255-260

  Clin, Julien ^a,b   Aubin, Carl Éric ^a,b   Parent, Stefan ^b   Ronsky, Janet ^c   Labelle, Hubert ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brace; Design; Finite element model; Optimization; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; BRACE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN METHOD; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SCOLIOSIS;

DESIGN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; SCOLIOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 39049183852     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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