A method for subject-specific modelling and optimisation of the cushioning properties of insole materials used in diabetic footwear
- Submitting institution
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Staffordshire University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2400
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.03.009
- Title of journal
- Medical Engineering & Physics
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 531-538
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 1350-4533
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/2400
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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A - Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies (CBRT)
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper demonstrated for the first time that the effectiveness of cushioning materials used in therapeutic footwear can be significantly enhanced by matching their stiffness to the intensity of the loading that they experience. The proposed method for achieving optimum cushioning has been adopted by CadScan Ltd. (https://cad-scan.co.uk/sectors/medical/imprints-automated-design/) in a commercial system for the automated design-optimisation and 3D-printing of bespoke insoles (Alastair Buchanan, albuchanan1970@gmail.com). The Academic Health Sciences Network (AHSN-West Coast) funded a project to test the feasibility of using this system within the NHS (PROFOUND, Cheshire & Merseyside Health Care Partnership, £230k).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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