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| Title |
Embracing additive manufacture: implications for foot and ankle orthosis design
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-13-84 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Scott Telfer, Jari Pallari, Javier Munguia, Kenny Dalgarno, Martin McGeough, Jim Woodburn |
| Abstract |
The design of foot and ankle orthoses is currently limited by the methods used to fabricate the devices, particularly in terms of geometric freedom and potential to include innovative new features. Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, where objects are constructed via a series of sub-millimetre layers of a substrate material, may present the opportunity to overcome these limitations and allow novel devices to be produced that are highly personalised for the individual, both in terms of fit and functionality.Two novel devices, a foot orthosis (FO) designed to include adjustable elements to relieve pressure at the metatarsal heads, and an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) designed to have adjustable stiffness levels in the sagittal plane, were developed and fabricated using AM. The devices were then tested on a healthy participant to determine if the intended biomechanical modes of action were achieved. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 331 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 329 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 60 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 58 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 15% |
| Researcher | 40 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 52 | 16% |
| Unknown | 55 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 127 | 38% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 8% |
| Design | 20 | 6% |
| Materials Science | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 40 | 12% |
| Unknown | 73 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 08 January 2016.
All research outputs
#4,032,141
of 22,665,794 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#795
of 4,023 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#28,146
of 165,058 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#7
of 44 outputs
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