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Design of a functional splint for rehabilitation of achilles tendon injury using advanced manufacturing (AM) techniques. Implementation study
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Materia
Functional splint
Rehabilitation
Achilles tendon
Advanced manufacturing
Clasificación UNESCO
2410.02 Anatomía Humana
Fecha de publicación
2019
Editor
Springer
Citación
Blaya, F., Pedro, P. S., Pedro, A. B. S., Lopez-Silva, J., Juanes, J. A., & D’Amato, R. (2019). Design of a Functional Splint for Rehabilitation of Achilles Tendon Injury Using Advanced Manufacturing (AM) Techniques. Implementation Study. Journal of Medical Systems, 43(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/S10916-019-1247-Z
Resumen
[EN]The use of conventional immobilization splints can cause a lot of mishaps and discomfort in patients. In addition, it is common
the generation of muscle, joint and vascular complications arising from the application of classic restraint devices in this phase of
treatment. Currently, it is being observed that these problems could be solved with the use of Advanced Manufacturing tech niques based on Additive Manufacturing (AM), industrial digitalization and reverse engineering for the realization of individ ualized immobilization splints. The present study proposes to give these splints a functional character in their design adapting
them to a specific pathology, in this case to the partial rupture of Achilles tendon. It also provides a comparison against the use of
conventional plaster splints as an improvement factor for their definitive implementation considering the initial sanitary use for
which they were designed. In this way, there have been created therapeutic windows that allow the application of rehabilitation
techniques, being the treatment that would be carried out developed in parallel. The designed splint has been made in FilaFlex and
Polycarbonate, materials that guarantee comfort and resistance at the same time. In addition, an optimization in terms of material
has been executed, lightening the splint and reducing environmental impact and manufacturing costs. As a result of this
preliminary study, a prototype on scale printed in PLA has been generated.
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0148-5598
DOI
10.1007/s10916-019-1247-z
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