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Project reports
- Prefabricated Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis (PFKAFO)
- Tars Tibial Prosthetic Modular Component (TTPMC)
SATHI BK
- Tars Femoral Prosthetic Modular Component (TFPMC)
SATHI AK
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Funding
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The Jaipur Limb
Campaign - UK |
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KaR
DFID |
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CBM
International |
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HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL |
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Title: |
Prefabricated Knee Ankle Foot
Orthosis (PFKAFO) |
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Program: |
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low cost ready-made
orthosis |
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Strategy: |
Optimising cost and time involve in making KAFO |
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Start Date: |
01/04/1997 |
End Date: |
31/03/2003 |
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Objectives: |
To provide
rehabilitation services to a greater percentage of the estimated 4
million people in India who are in need of wearing an orthotics/brace;
to prevent further disability, and to enhance individual mobility. |
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Purpose |
To
create a system for mass production of appropriate low cost
orthoses for wider distribution, rapid fitting and product
testing. |
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Out Comes |
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Dies developed and fabricated.
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Orthotics components mass-produced.
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Approximately 8,000 people fitted.
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Product tested through training
institutions.
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Product field-tested by rehabilitation
NGOs.
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Approximately 15 trainers and 5
technicians trained in using this system
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Orthoses production costs reduced.
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Complicated polio cases due to lack of
treatment reduced.
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Awareness rose about the need and
benefit of wearing orthoses.
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System adopted and replicated nationally by
orthopaedic workshops and government agency
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An electronic copy is available from our web sites at
http://www.mobility-india/Report/FullReport_PFKAFO.htm
You can download the complete report either in PDF (Portable
Document Format) by clicking on the following link:
Full Report PFKAFO.pdf (253 KB).
or in MS Word Format by clicking on the following link:
Full Report PFKAFO.doc (7.25 MB).
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