Does Scanner Choice Matter for the Design of Foot Orthosis?
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Suresh, Sinduja
Morrison, Scott
Hartley, Dean
Evans, Kerrie
Wille, Marie-Luise
Teixeira, Müge Belek Fialho
Hughes, Bridget
Haskell, Natalie
Beatson, Amanda
Chamorro-Koc, Marianella
Little, Judith Paige
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A variety of 3D volumetric scanners and smart-device applications are currently being used in podiatry for recording virtual foot data. The accuracy and reliability of these devices vary, resulting in a large variation in the quality of foot scans used for orthotic design. While it is widely believed that a higher quality scanner yields a better scan and thus is expected to produce a more accurate orthotic design, the direct impact of scanning quality on orthotic design has not yet been tested. Therefore, in this study, three commonly used industrial 3D scanners with varying output qualities were used to obtain foot scans of three participants in two weight-bearing conditions. A total of 54 foot scans were obtained, out of which 18 were used to design orthotic insoles using commercial software (FitFoot360). We found variation in the quality of foot scans produced by the different scanners (61.75 ± 2.23% similarity of the foot scans showing a deviation of less than ±1 mm). However, there were no significant differences in the designed foot orthoses within the same weight-bearing condition (83.59 ± 1.97% similarity of the orthotic designs showing a deviation of less than ±1 mm). The medial arch height and heel width differed significantly only when the weight-bearing condition was changed. The findings from this study suggest that the industrial design and production of an orthotic insole using current methods does not depend on the scanning quality of the scanner used but is dependent on the extent of weight bearing.
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25
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3
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© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chhikara, K; Suresh, S; Morrison, S; Hartley, D; Evans, K; Wille, M-L; Teixeira, MBF; Hughes, B; Haskell, N; Beatson, A; Chamorro-Koc, M; Little, JP, Does Scanner Choice Matter for the Design of Foot Orthosis?, Sensors, 25 (3), pp. 869