Assessment of a virtual functional prototyping process for the rapid manufacture of passive-dynamic ankle-foot orthoses

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Schrank, Elisa S ^a   Hitch, Lester ^b   Wallace, Kevin ^b   Moore, Richard ^b   Stanhope, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Biological Cent   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle; bending stiffness; computer aided design; customization; finite element analysis; fused deposition modeling; orthosis; orthotics; rehabilitation; virtual functional prototyping

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; BENDING STIFFNESS; CUSTOMIZATION; FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; ORTHOSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DEPOSITION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; OPTIMIZATION; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

STIFFNESS;

POLYCARBONATE;

ACCURACY; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; BENDING STIFFNESS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; PASSIVE DYNAMIC ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; PREDICTION; VIRTUAL FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPING; VIRTUAL REALITY; YOUNG MODULUS; ANKLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; TIME; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

ANKLE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT ORTHOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84887569286     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4024825     Document Type: Article

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