Current attempts on the geometric modeling of customized casts have not taken the swelling of the patients' broken extremities into account that causes a gradual deformation during the healing process. Thus, the shape of the injured body parts is not constant during wearing a cast, but may ...
[25,27,29,30,31,32,33,34]. This study shows that the quantity of adipose tissue appears to be largely variable. This phenomenon may be important to consider when planning surgery, monitoring wound and bone healing, pain management and with the use of orthotics, yet further research is ...