Developing an anti-spastic orthosis for daily home-use of stroke patients using smart memory alloys and 3D printing technologies

Spasticity is an important factor limiting independency and activity of daily living for post-stroke patients. Our aim was to develop a cost effective, customized, lightweight active orthosis, which is convenient for daily home use.The study describes the steps of the development by using cutting ed...

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Main Authors: Luca Toth, Adam Schiffer, Miklos Nyitrai, Attila Pentek, Roland Told, Peter Maroti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127520305645