Mass customization of foot orthoses for rheumatoid arthritis using selective laser sintering

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1750-1756

  Pallari, Jari H P ^a   Dalgarno, Kenneth W ^b   Woodburn, James ^c  

^a MATERIALISE NV   (Belgium)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive layer manufacturing; mass customization; orthotics; rheumatoid arthritis (RA); selective laser sintering (SLS)

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; LASER HEATING; MANUFACTURE; SINTERING;

LAYER MANUFACTURING; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING;

ORTHOTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SYMPTOM; TECHNOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANKLE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; FOOT JOINTS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES;

EID: 77953785691     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2044178     Document Type: Article

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