ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2022
A Review of Additive Manufacturing Studies for Producing Customized Ankle-Foot Orthoses.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of Direct 3D Scans and Plaster Casts in Digital Ankle-Foot Orthosis Workflows.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- An articulated ankle foot orthosis with plantarflexion resistance decreased soleus and tibialis anterior muscle activity, and plantarflexion moment of the paretic lower limb of persons with stroke.Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology · 2025Article
- Innovative Design and Development of Personalized Ankle-Foot Orthoses for Survivors of Stroke With Equinovarus Foot: Protocol for a Feasibility and Comparative Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- The Upper Limb Orthosis in the Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients: The Role of 3D Printing.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Assessment of the Efficiency of Measuring Foot and Ankle Edema with a 3D Portable Scanner.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Passive Articulated and Non-Articulated Ankle-Foot Orthoses for Gait Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Numerical and Experimental Mechanical Analysis of Additively Manufactured Ankle-Foot Orthoses.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) are prescribed to improve the patient's quality of life. Supporting weak muscles or restraining spastic muscles leads to smoother and more stable locomotion. Commonly, AFO are made using thermoplastic vacuum forming, which requires a long time for production and has limited design options. Additive manufacturing (AM) can solve this problem, leading to a faster and cheaper solution. This review aimed to investigate what is the state-of-art using AM for AFO. Evaluating the used manufacturing processes, customization steps, mechanical properties, and biomechanical features in humans would provide significant insights for further research. The database searches combined AM and AFO with no year or publication type restrictions. Studies must have examined outcomes on human participants with the orthoses built by AM. Other types of orthotic devices or different manufacturing techniques were excluded. Nineteen studies met the inclusion criteria. As stated by having all studies conducted in the last nine years, this is a very recent domain. Different AM processes have been used, with the majority relying on Fused Deposition Modeling. Overall, the manuscripts' quality is deficient, which is critical to promoting further studies with higher samples. Except for one paper, AM-printed AFO was comparable or superior to the thermoplastic vacuum forming AFO in mechanical tests, kinematics, kinetics, and participant feedback.
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