Embracing additive manufacture: Implications for foot and ankle orthosis design

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Telfer, Scott ^a   Pallari, Jari ^b   Munguia, Javier ^c   Dalgarno, Kenny ^c   McGeough, Martin ^d   Woodburn, Jim ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Peacocks Medical Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Firefly Orthoses Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

3D printing; Additive manufacture; Ankle foot orthoses; Biomechanics; Foot orthoses

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; METATARSAL BONE;

ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; METATARSAL BONES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN;

EID: 84861475464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-84     Document Type: Article

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