It creates a comprehensive model of a person’s walking gait. The digital twin accounts for all the factors simultaneously and can show them working together in motion. They include the underlying bone structure, the soft plantar tissue, skin, ligaments, the flexibility and location of joints, even the nature of the ground underneath the foot. These models are detailed in a way that far exceeds a simple impression taken with memory foam. With 3D simulations and digital twin technology, the team creates comprehensive models of a patient’s feet and lower limbs. Researchers at the Laboratory of Applied Biomechanics create virtual humans which are then used in diverse areas like the study and prevention of trauma, advanced diagnosis or developing new surgical techniques. In the medical sector, the term ‘digital twin’ takes on a very literal meaning. That was the situation before the experts over at the Laboratoire de Biomécanique Appliquée (The Laboratory of Applied Biomechanics) in Marseille, France, took up the challenge. In the medical sector, the term ‘digital twin’ takes on a very literal meaning The patient still performs the final testing at home and returns to the doctor if the problem persists. Nowadays podiatrists use memory foam and thermoplastics to create a custom insole in a matter of minutes but that only solves half the problem. The only way to test these insoles was for the patient to try them out for a few days, at which point it would be too late to make any adjustments. It was a lengthy process resulting in an expensive product.
That impression would then be sent to a laboratory where it would be used, along with instructions and measurements from the podiatrist, to create a custom insole for each individual. A podiatrist would make an impression of your feet with a plaster cast which could then take 24 hours to harden. Until a few years ago, if you needed orthopaedic insoles, the process might have taken weeks or even months. Read on to find out more and hear directly from the research team in France pushing this sector to the next level in an exclusive video presentation for Hexagon. That’s things like our understanding of sports injuries, new materials like thermoplastics which simplify the production process, and now the digital transformation. This growth is a result of many converging areas of research.
According to one estimate, the global market will be worth over USD 5bn by 2027. Back pain, foot and lower limb problems, and overpronation, orthopaedic insoles improve and correct a variety of mobility problems.
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