• DocumentCode
    2089890
  • Title

    First clinical investigation on a pneumatic lumbar unloading orthosis

  • Author

    Raparelli, T. ; Zobel, P. Beomonte ; Durante, F. ; Antonelli, M. ; Raimondi, P. ; Costanzo, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Politecnico di Torino, Turin
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    23-27 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1327
  • Lastpage
    1330
  • Abstract
    This paper deals with the first clinical investigation of a new designed orthosis to apply a traction force at lumbar spine. The objective is to verify the effect on healthy subjects and to assess the comfort of the orthosis. The results obtained are interesting. No negative feedback at spine level and many data on the comfort of the orthosis. The investigation suggests some modification to the prototype.
  • Keywords
    bone; orthopaedics; orthotics; lumbar spine; negative feedback; pneumatic lumbar unloading orthosis; traction force; Back; Computed tomography; Hip; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Negative feedback; Pain; Prototypes; Spine; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Complex Medical Engineering, 2007. CME 2007. IEEE/ICME International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1077-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1078-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCME.2007.4381959
  • Filename
    4381959