Personalized upper limb orthosis necessitates variety of tools during the development process: hemiplegic child case study

• Published in: Disability and rehabilitation: Assistive technology Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 188
• Main Authors: Thomann, Guillaume, de Carvalho, Vinicius A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.02.2021
• Subjects: upper limb; prostheses; hemiplegia; 3D-printing; iterative design

A design methodology for the creation of an upper-limb dynamic orthosis for children was developed in this article. For a non-negligible numerous of cases, orthoses are abandoned for many reasons: they are expensive, heavy, complicated to use, uncomfortable, non-customized, and so on. Three-dimensio...