Orthotic design through 3D reconstruction: A passive-assistance ankle–foot orthotic

Title: Dynamic 3d Foot Reconstruction for Orthotic Design: the Way Forward

Positional plagiocephaly: experience with a passive orthotic mattress.

Positional plagiocephaly (deformational or occipital plagiocephaly) is the most common head-shape deformity, which is presented to specialist craniofacial units. The aim of management is to reduce pressure on the affected area in the expectation that brain growth will drive normalization of the head shape. Current management includes a variety of protocols based on repositioning advice or helme...

Orthotic intervention for metatarsalgia relief

Multiple pathologies of mechanical origin that produce pain occur in the vicinity of the metatarsal heads, and these are lumped into a general category called metatarsalgia. Metatarsalgia is defined as pain from the area of five different metatarsal heads, five different metatarsophalangeal joints, and a variety of soft-issue structures in between. It usually occurs plantarly. Although commonly...

Orthotic design and foot impression procedures to control foot alignment.

The traditional theory on subtalar joint neutral position and intrinsic foot deformities for the evaluation and treatment of foot and ankle disorders has been the basis for foot orthotics for many years. Although clinical evaluations have suggested a relationship between subtalar pronation and a variety of lower limb problems, such as shin splints and anterior knee pain, recent research has rai...

A Plan-Based Personalized Cognitive Orthotic

The majority of reminder systems are inflexible; reminders are issued at static, prespecified times. To be effective, cognitive orthotics should reason about what reminders should be issued and when. This paper describes the personalized cognitive orthotic (PCO), a system that uses plan-based reasoning to attain flexibility. PCO relies on local search techniques to generate high-quality reminde...