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The use of a low cost 3D scanning and printing tool in the manufacture of custom-made foot orthoses: a preliminary study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Research Notes, July 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (79th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (73rd percentile)

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Title
The use of a low cost 3D scanning and printing tool in the manufacture of custom-made foot orthoses: a preliminary study
Published in
BMC Research Notes, July 2014
DOI 10.1186/1756-0500-7-443
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Authors

Colin E Dombroski, Megan ER Balsdon, Adam Froats

Abstract

Custom foot orthoses are currently recognized as the gold standard for treatment of foot and lower limb pathology. While foam and plaster casting methods are most widely used in clinical practice, technology has emerged, permitting the use of 3D scanning, computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) for fabrication of foot molds and custom foot orthotic components. Adoption of 3D printing, as a form of CAM, requires further investigation for use as a clinical tool.This study provides a preliminary description of a new method to manufacture foot orthoses using a novel 3D scanner and printer and compare gait kinematic outputs from shod and traditional plaster casted orthotics.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 322 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 72 22%
Student > Master 55 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 43 13%
Researcher 34 10%
Student > Postgraduate 13 4%
Other 48 15%
Unknown 61 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 99 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 51 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 38 12%
Sports and Recreations 14 4%
Computer Science 10 3%
Other 41 13%
Unknown 73 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 June 2020.
All research outputs
#4,890,016
of 23,881,329 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#744
of 4,300 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#46,353
of 228,257 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#30
of 115 outputs
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