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Development of a bespoke 3D-printed spinal brace for lumbar support

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posted on 2024-01-11, 11:50 authored by George Fryett, Francesco Luke Siena, Matthew WatkinsMatthew Watkins, Philip Breedon

Low back pain (LBP) is a significant contributor to disabilities in the United Kingdom. This article presents the user-centred design approach undertaken by a multidisciplinary design team to develop a bespoke 3D-printed spinal brace using a digital design workflow.

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

The Journal of Health Design

Volume

7

Issue

2

Pages

486 - 495

Publisher

Archetype Health Pty Ltd

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Rights holder

© The Authors

Publisher statement

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Archetype Health Pty Ltd under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2022-08-18

Copyright date

2022

ISSN

2206-785X

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Matthew Watkins. Deposit date: 10 January 2024

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