Relevance Method to Structure of Orthosis

Abstract

There are many problems when treatment is needed. Such diseases occur in young and old people. The orthosis and their development have lot of problems. One way to solve this problem is to define and apply standard rules and procedures throughout the development process. We show in this work is to develop a methodology to structure the orthosis design process. A case study was used to validate the proposed methodology. It was applied to the development of an orthosis to treat a camptocormia - bent spine syndrome. This disorder is characterized by the anteroflexion of the trunk and especially affects elderly people and young non-health people with difference disease.