Enhancing Mobility for elderly stroke survivors using 3D printed custom made ankle foot orthotics.

使用 3D 打印定制踝足矫形器增强老年中风幸存者的活动能力。

• 批准号: ES/X006573/1
• 负责人: Urvashi Gunputh
• 金额: $ 6.39万
• 依托单位: University of Derby
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX006573%2F1
• 关键词: Enhancing; Mobility; elderly; stroke; survivors

There are over 1.2 million stroke survivors in the UK with approximately 60% aged 65 years or over. One of the disabilities that they have, is lower limb weakness, which reduces their mobility significantly. Ankle foot orthotics (AFOs) provided by the NHS help manage the symptom. However, there is a 4 -12 weeks wait before they can receive a custom-made AFO, which is clinically more effective than off-the-shelf AFOs. This is because of the process used, to capture the shape of the ankle-foot (Plaster casting - Labour-intensive) and then to manufacture the AFO (Moulding - Labour-intensive), is time consuming. Furthermore, the material used for the AFOs are plastic-based which destroys the environment. The proposed idea is to recruit elderly stroke patients, assess their needs with respect to mobility and make a priority list of those needs. Then, their ankle-foot section will be 3D scanned which is an automated shape-capture process. This is currently done by <3% of NHS Trusts. The resulting custom designed AFO will then be 3D printed, which is an automated manufacturing process, using a zero-carbon material made from castor oil. The wait time to receive an AFO will be reduced to <5days. The aim of this work is to increase the mobility of elderly stroke patients at the earliest time possible. This will enhance the quality of life of those patients, both physically and mentally. Below is an illustrative summary.

英国有超过120万中风幸存者，其中约60%的人年龄在65岁或以上。他们的残疾之一是下肢无力，这显著降低了他们的行动能力。英国国家医疗服务体系提供的踝足矫形器(AFO)有助于控制这种症状。然而，他们需要等待4-12周才能收到定制的AFO，这在临床上比现成的AFO更有效。这是因为使用的过程，捕捉脚踝的形状(石膏铸造劳动密集型)，然后制造AFO(模具劳动密集型)，是耗时的。此外，AFO使用的材料是以塑料为基础的，这会破坏环境。建议的想法是招募老年中风患者，评估他们在行动方面的需求，并列出这些需求的优先列表。然后，他们的脚踝-脚踝部分将进行3D扫描，这是一个自动的形状捕捉过程。目前，这是由3%的NHS信托基金完成的。最终定制设计的AFO将被3D打印，这是一个自动化的制造过程，使用由蓖麻油制成的零碳材料。收到AFO的等待时间将减少到&lt；5天。这项工作的目的是尽可能早地增加老年中风患者的活动能力。这将提高这些患者的生活质量，无论是身体上还是精神上。下面是一个说明性的摘要。