Biomechanical Evaluation and Strength Test of 3D-Printed Foot Orthoses

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Fabrication of the 3D-printed FOs. (a) 3D scan of the foot in the subtalar neutral position. (b) Geometry of the foot exported as an STL file. (c) Extraction of the FO shape from the foot model. (d) Solid FO model imported into Cura software to be sliced and output as G-Code. (e) FO printed using an Infinity X1 3D printer. (f) Top view of the 3D-printed FO. (g) Rear view of the 3D-printed FO.

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