A STUDY ON THE STRUCTURAL STRESS ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS (AFO) UNDER DORSIFLEXION AND PLANTARFLEXTION CONDITIONS
2006; World Scientific; Volume: 20; Issue: 25n27 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1142/s0217979206041689
ISSN1793-6578
AutoresYoung-Shin Lee, Youngjin Choi, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyun-Seung Lee, Kang Hee Cho,
Tópico(s)Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
ResumoThe ankle foot orthosis (AFO) is used as the gait assistive tool for hemiplegic patients. The structural characteristics of the AFO are applied to the state of the patient. However, the prescription guide for hemiplegic patients is not well established. The purpose of this study is to develop design guide to find out the structural characteristics of polypropylene of AFO used for hemiplegics. In this study, the rigidities of dorsiflexion and plantarflexion of the AFO with varied types of ankle widths are investigated and performed by using FEM code.
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