Conference proceeding
Floor reaction orthosis an alternative device for quadriceps paresis
PROCEEDING OF THE FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE - IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY SOCIETY AND 14TH CONFERENCE OF THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF INDIA, pp.PS23-PS24
1995
DOI: 10.1109/RCEMBS.1995.511706
Abstract
A study of an alternative orthosis to prevent hand-to-knee gait is presented. The orthosis in contrast to the standard knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) works on the principle of alignment stability by preventing an initial heel contact. Weight bearing on forefoot brings the trochanteric knee ankle (TKA) line anterior to the knee which stabilises the knee by pushing it backwards. The orthosis made of polypropylene is fairly rigid and resilient. An attempt has been made in this study to standardize fabrication technique of this orthosis. Weight & cost evaluation of the orthosis has been done. Subjective analysis regarding cosmesis and acceptability or the orthosis along with objective analysis of time motion study is also presented. Results show its superiority over the conventional KAFO.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Floor reaction orthosis an alternative device for quadriceps paresis
- Creators
- S L YadavP K SahaL Panwar
- Contributors
- S K Guha (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- PROCEEDING OF THE FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE - IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY SOCIETY AND 14TH CONFERENCE OF THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF INDIA, pp.PS23-PS24
- DOI
- 10.1109/RCEMBS.1995.511706
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1995
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984237774002771
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