Improvement of Ankle Joint Stability in Foot Drop Patients During Walking by 3D Printed Ankle Foot Orthoses

Document from the year 2018 in the subject Medicine - Anatomy, Physiology, Cytology, grade: 10.0, , language: English, abstract: Lower leg foot orthoses are orthotic gadgets that help the decrease leg joint and are suitable for a few pathologies, typically those that improve the foot drop circumstance, which is resulting from a lower leg joint insufficiency. In the existing paintings, a custom designed model of decrease leg foot orthosis applied as a part of the human frame has been created. Additive Manufacturing structures has been utilized to create the lower leg foot orthosis (Selective Laser Sintering Technology). Kinematic estimations had been received in a stride lab from foot drop sufferers, with and with out three-D plastic printed lower leg foot orthoses on unmarried toes. The consequences got proven that with the orthoses, the lower leg joint conduct is sort of a instantly torsional spring, with out a hysteresis. With an goal to check the sufficiency of the AFO, Clinical GAIT Analysis of Foot Drop Patients has been performed. Customized 3-d printed Ankle Foot orthosis has been established to present higher GAIT cycle execution. The consequences of this look at indicated that development of gait in foot drop sufferers with 3-d published ankle foot orthosis that's measured via Clinical Gait evaluation.

Dr. Harish Kumar Banga is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at NIFT Mumbai India. He has received Ph.D. in Production & Industrial Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India. His area of research is Additive Manufacturing and the application of 3D printing for the development of new orthoses and prosthetic products for clinical applications. He has contributed extensively in Additive Manufacturing literature with publications appearing in Rapid Prototyping Journal, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, Work, Defence Life Science Journal, Recent Advance in Mechanical Engineering. He authored 7 books, 17 book chapters related to Additive Manufacturing and other areas. He filed Two patents in IPI India related to his research works. He got the Best Research Paper Award in Doctoral Category in HWWE 2017 at AMU, Aligarh, India. He attended more than 250 FDP, STC, Webinars in the reputed institute from India as well as Abroad. He is having Lean Six Sigma White, Yellow, and Green Belt.