D-FOOTPRINT

Personalised insoles via additive manufacture for the prevention of plantar ulceration in diabetes

Coordinatore	THE GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY    more  Organization address address: "Cowcaddens Road, City Campus 70" city: GLASGOW postcode: G4 0BA contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mark Cognome: Anderson Email: send email Telefono: +44 141 331 8842
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	196˙682 €
EC contributo	196˙682 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-10-14   -   2015-10-13

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: "Cowcaddens Road, City Campus 70" city: GLASGOW postcode: G4 0BA contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mark Cognome: Anderson Email: send email Telefono: +44 141 331 8842	UK (GLASGOW)	coordinator	196˙682.10

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Foot ulceration in patients with diabetes remains a highly prevalent, debilitating and expensive to treat problem. Recent recommendations by the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot have suggested that therapeutic footwear including a custom insole should be the preferred intervention for those individuals who have been identified as “at risk” of developing a foot ulcer [1]. However, current methods for the design and fabrication of custom insoles limit the potential to incorporate innovations that could increase the effectiveness of these devices, primarily due to the geometric restrictions inherent to the methods.

The overall aim of this 24 month project is to develop, evaluate and disseminate a novel prescription paradigm, focused on additive manufacturing (AM) and biomechanical modelling enabled design rules, for insoles aimed at preventing or treating plantar surface ulceration in the diabetic foot. To achieve this, the latest biomechanical modelling approaches will be combined with AM technologies to develop novel prototype orthotic devices which are personalised to maximise benefit to the patient. A thorough program of pre-clinical and clinical evaluation will be established to test these devices, focused on assessing biomechanical and short term patient reported outcomes. This work program builds upon the successful research and technology developments in the EC-funded A-FOOTPRINT project (Grant Agreement no.: NMP2-SE-2009-228893), advancing integration of AM into the orthotic prescription process to a new and previously untried but highly relevant disease group.

The research will result in 1) a fundamental paradigm shift from subtraction (milling) to additive manufacturing, 2) step-change advances in personalised orthotic design optimisation, and 3) a new therapeutic option for a debilitating and expensive European and worldwide health problem'