Materials and manufacturing for ankle–foot orthoses: a review

A Nouri, L Wang, Y Li, C Wen - Advanced Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ankle–foot orthoses (AFOs) assist patients with gait impairment by correcting ankle and foot
deformities, restoring mobility, reducing pain, and providing protection and immobilization …

A review of additive manufacturing studies for producing customized ankle-foot orthoses

R Silva, A Veloso, N Alves, C Fernandes, P Morouço - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) are prescribed to improve the patient's quality of life. Supporting
weak muscles or restraining spastic muscles leads to smoother and more stable locomotion …

Custom orthotics development process based on additive manufacturing

P Patel, P Gohil - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing is an advanced layer-based manufacturing process that fabricates
customized prosthesis and orthosis to patient requirements directly from computer aided …

Novel deep neural network for individual re recognizing physically disabled individuals

ASD Murthy, T Karthikeyan, BOL Jagan… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
The MLF-CNN includes a proposition production phase and also a diagnosis stage. In the
first stage, they develop an MLF area proposal system and also pop the question to utilize a …

[HTML][HTML] Design, Analysis and Development of Prosthetic and Orthotic elements by Additive Manufacturing process

P Patel, P Gohil - International Journal of Lightweight Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
According to patient needs, unique Prosthetic and Orthotic (P&O) elements are created
using Additive Manufacturing (AM) without the need for part-dependent equipment. This …

[HTML][HTML] Material Performance Evaluation for Customized Orthoses: Compression, Flexural, and Tensile Tests Combined with Finite Element Analysis

D Trindade, R Habiba, C Fernandes, AA Costa, R Silva… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Orthoses are commonly used for treating injuries to improve the quality of life of patients,
with customized orthoses offering significant benefits. Additive manufacturing, especially …

Numerical and experimental investigation of hinged Ankle-Foot-Orthoses (AFO) using composite laminate material for Cerebral Palsy patient

BD Khandagale, UV Pise - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, we tried to manufacture the AFO using composite material to enhance its
strength and durability. As we know the shape of the ankle and leg part is complex to design …

Application of the finite element method to the design of an ankle orthosis

D Stefańczak, J Gajewski… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract AFO (Ankle-Foot Orthosis), which covers the ankle and foot, protects and supports
the ankle joint as well as the structures around it. It contributes to the maintenance of the …

[HTML][HTML] Design and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Patient-Specific Wrist Hand Orthosis

MR Amin, MAH Khondoker - Engineering Proceedings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as one of the core components of Industry 4.0,
which allows extreme customization of products and offers the full potential of design …

Manufacturing and Analysis of a Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis for Acquired Anisomelia by Using a Finite Elements Strategy

E Dávila, M Villa, FR Narváez - International Conference on Human …, 2024 - Springer
Anisomelia is a leg length discrepancy and is an anatomical condition that can be caused by
congenital or acquired disorders. A particular case of acquired severe anisomelia is caused …