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Virtual prototyping and physical experimentation of lower limb prosthesis

Authors:

Giorgio Colombo,

Daniele Regazzoni,

Caterina RizziAuthors Info & Claims

REHAB '19: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

Pages 111 - 117

https://doi.org/10.1145/3364138.3364178

Published: 29 January 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Among rising technology in medical field, methods and solutions of reverse engineering have a high impact as a new possibility for improving the traditional processes to design prosthesis and orthoses. Furthermore, reverse engineering solutions allows managing a big amount of patient's data, which can be also exploited for making the medical assessment during rehabilitation activities more objective and measurable. In particular, innovative technologies permit to manage big amount of data coming from several IT devices in order to better understand the correlation between technical aspects and human factors. These IT devices can be exploited through customized software applications, which are able to combine many data types (e.g. 3D scanners, motion capture systems and pressure sensors). In this research work, the attention is focused on the design of lower limb prosthesis around the digital human model of the patient. We present a virtual platform composed by an ad-hoc developed application for customizing the prosthesis according to patients' life style and medical knowledge as well as for visualizing pressure on patient's limb while evaluating his/her gait in a unique virtual knowledge-guided environment. Such applications are conceived to be usable by non IT experts, and all information are directly visualized on the digital human model of the amputee. The first part of the paper introduces the whole platform to design lower limb prosthesis using low-cost technologies. Then, the virtual gait analysis tool is described. Finally, tests and conclusion are discussed.

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REHAB '19: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

September 2019

196 pages

ISBN:9781450371513

DOI:10.1145/3364138

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Habib M. Fardoun
King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia
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University of Zaragoza, Spain
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Ahlam A. M. Hassan
Ahlia University, Bahrain
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University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

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Plesec VHarih G(2024)Bioinspired Design of 3D-Printed Cellular Metamaterial Prosthetic Liners for Enhanced Comfort and StabilityBiomimetics10.3390/biomimetics90905409:9(540)Online publication date: 6-Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9090540
de Oliveira Mde Araújo Mda Silva M(2022)Automated 3D Scanning Device for the Production of Forearm Prostheses and OrthosesXXVII Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering10.1007/978-3-030-70601-2_45(293-300)Online publication date: 15-Apr-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70601-2_45
Xu ZWong DYan FChen TZhang MJiang WFan Y(2020)Lower Limb Inter-Joint Coordination of Unilateral Transfemoral Amputees: Implications for Adaptation ControlApplied Sciences10.3390/app1012407210:12(4072)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2020
https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124072

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