Simulation Methods in the Foot Orthosis Development Process
| Autor: | Jan P. Huissoon, Samuel J. Lochner, Sanjeev Bedi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Engineering
business.product_category business.industry Plantar pressure Work (physics) Computational Mechanics Process (computing) computer.software_genre Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Computational Mathematics Computer Aided Design business Foot Orthoses computer Simulation methods Foot orthosis Simulation |
| Zdroj: | Computer-Aided Design and Applications. 11:608-616 |
| ISSN: | 1686-4360 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/16864360.2014.914375 |
| Popis: | Traditional methods for developing foot orthoses require extensive skilled manual labor. More modern methods have sought to address this with the introduction of computer enabled technologies such as digital scanning, computer aided design, and automated manufacturing. The current work further advances the process with the introduction of an additional computer enabled technology, simulation models, into two additional steps. First, a simulation model is used to achieve the postural adjustments to the foot normally done by a practitioner. This has the benefit of further automating the process, improving repeatability, and preventing the deformation of the plantar soft tissues that normally occurs with physical postural adjustment. Second, the simulation model is used in a routine to optimize plantar pressure distribution. When compared to a conventional method, the proposed approach yielded a 61% reduction in peak plantar pressure. Future work includes automating the optimization routines for a va... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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