SHAPE&ROLL TALON · Roll Talon: Innovation bridging high and low prosthetic technology.
6РП — Действия „Мария Кюри“
- Период
- 2007-04-01 → 2009-03-31
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 80 000 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- IRG
Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.
Накратко на български
Протезата за стъпало Shape and Roll Talon позволява настройка на височината на петата според конкретната обувка. Това подобрява функционалността на походката и прави рехабилитационната технология достъпна за хора с различни финансови възможности.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Final Activity Report Summary - SHAPE&ROLL TALON (Roll Talon: Innovation bridging high and low prosthetic technology.)
The purpose of this research project was to develop a prosthetic foot -the Shape and Roll Talon-that allows individually tailored heel heights and thus adaptation to an individual's personal shoe, improving functionality and providing equal opportunities for persons with amputations. Adaptation to different heel heights is important to ensure the alignment of a prosthesis is kept optimal. Currently, only a handful of prosthetic feet exist that allow adaptation to different heel heights compared to over 250 prosthetic feet for a constant, usually flat heel. We used a different approach to develop the Shape and Roll Talon. Its functionality is based upon a theoretical principle representing the combined function of the physiological ankle-foot complex in the direction of walking. This theoretical principle represents the ankle-foot complex' function as a roll-over shape that can be characterised as a circular function. A simple manufacturing solution was sought to create a product that incorporates this principle allowing all markets to benefit from the development. The result is a prosthetic foot that combines high functionality with ready affordability therefore making it ideal for either higher income countries needing to control spiralling health expenditures, or lower income or developing countries, calling for financial accessibility to rehabilitation technology.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
The physically disabled population is increasing as a result of population growth, aging, chronic conditions, malnutrition, war, land mines, violence, road traffic, domestic and occupational injuries. The 'Shape&Roll Talon' project addresses a number of issues relating to the needs of persons with functional mobility problems relating to lower limb amputation.The concept for the project is that it is feasible to create simple, elegant and functional designs of artificial feet that are accessible in terms of manufacturing capability for any member state. This opens up the possibility of appropriate prosthetic provision for persons with disability attending rehabilitation services within new and emerging member states. By bringing together prosthetists, engineers, technical staff and persons with lower limb amputation in creating and evaluating the Shape&Roll Talon the project will deliver an innovative and yet elegantly simple design of an artificial foot.The project is expected to achieve an enhanced unique design of the existing Shape&Roll prosthetic foot, namely the Shape&Roll Talon that would enable persons with amputation of the lower limb to use an affordable artificial limb safely, whilst being able to choose to wear their own shoes of differing heel heights. The Shape&Roll foot has not previously been available for use with shoes of different heel heights. The project itself will have a design phase followed by development of a simple manufacturing technique intended to be repeated with minimal capital investment.The Shape&Roll Talon design will then be mechanically tested before being field-tested. The project will help to augment the successful reintegration of an expert researcher into Europe from the United States of America in the field of rehabilitation technologies by expanding upon the researcher's previous knowledge and experience in creating the existing Shape&Roll artificial foot design.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE · GLASGOWКоординаторОбединеното кралство
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз