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Orthotics

Orthotics is a clinical health science and practice of designing, fabricating, fitting, and adjusting external orthotic devices to support, align, stabilize, and optimize musculoskeletal and neuromuscular function.

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232.2K

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14.5K

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Lower Extremity Exoskeletons and Active Orthoses: Challenges and State-of-the-Art

Aaron M. Dollar, Hugh Herr · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 2008 · 1.3K citations

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Treadmill training of paraplegic patients using a robotic orthosis.

Giorgio Colombo, M Joerg, Reinhard Schreier et al. · PubMed · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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Retardation of Myopia in Orthokeratology (ROMIO) Study: A 2-Year Randomized Clinical Trial

Pauline Cho, Sin-Wan Cheung · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2012 · 810 citations

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Adaptive control of a variable-impedance ankle-foot orthosis to assist drop-foot gait

Joaquín A. Blaya, Hugh Herr · IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering · 2004 · 738 citations

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Review of assistive strategies in powered lower-limb orthoses and exoskeletons

Tingfang Yan, Marco Cempini, Calogero Maria Oddo et al. · Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2014 · 707 citations

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Authors

14.5K

  1. HB
    Hylton B. Menz

    La Trobe University, Australia

    46 publications · 2.1K citations

    26

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  2. KB
    Karl B. Landorf

    La Trobe University, Australia

    29 publications · 1.6K citations

    22

    h-index

  3. JH
    Jaap Harlaar

    Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    21 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. SW
    Stephen W Hutchins

    University of Salford, United Kingdom

    27 publications · 802 citations

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  5. CN
    Christopher Nester

    University of Salford, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 991 citations

    17

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Institutions

3.7K

  1. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    37 h-index

    230 publications

    12.6K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    37 h-index

    124 publications

    12.4K citations

  3. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    33 h-index

    114 publications

    9K citations

  4. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    32 h-index

    193 publications

    8.8K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    31 h-index

    122 publications

    7.7K citations

  6. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    28 h-index

    106 publications

    5.2K citations

  7. University of Salford

    Salford, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    121 publications

    5.1K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    27 h-index

    118 publications

    10.9K citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 334 publications · 12.7K citations

    56

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  2. Spine

    121 publications · 7.5K citations

    52

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  3. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

    118 publications · 5.9K citations

    48

    h-index

  4. Foot & Ankle International

    FAI · 89 publications · 6.3K citations

    46

    h-index

  5. Gait & Posture

    123 publications · 6.1K citations

    45

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See also

Orthotics

Core Methods

Clinical Applications

Device Types

Outcome Evaluation

Materials