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Design and Additive Fabrication of Foot and Ankle-Foot Orthoses
Foot and ankle-foot orthoses are prescribed in order to promote mobility through supporting
and/or realigning the lower leg and alleviating pain in the foot in different parts of the gait
cycle. This paper will outline new approaches to the design and manufacture of personalised
foot and ankle-foot orthoses (FO and AFO) using additive fabrication technology. The
research is addressing the need for specific software design tools for orthosis design which
enable their properties to be locally tailored within a mass customisation framework.
Structure/material testing to support that activity is also being undertaken and will be
described.Mechanical Engineerin
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