The Jaipur foot and the “Jaipur Prosthesis”

The Jaipur foot.

The Jaipur foot was developed for barefoot amputees by Professor P. K. Sethi. He used local artisans and readily available materials. The prosthesis was cheap and could be made in one hour. It enabled amputees to work in rural conditions, muddy and wet fields and to climb trees. It has been widely used in India, South East Asia and Africa, where local variations to the design have now been made.

Comparative Finite Element Analysis of Jaipur Foot and Polyurethane Foot

FEA is amongst best methods that help users to solve complex problems. There are fixed number of nodes in each element of the model that define the element boundaries to which boundary condition and loads can be applied. The geometry of the structure, the load applications, stress and displacement gradients can be approximated in a accurate manner, if the mesh is finer. The problem with the foo...

Equipment and methods for laboratory testing of ankle-foot prostheses as exemplified by the Jaipur foot.

A load deflection and a cyclic loading apparatus capable of measuring dorsiflexion/plantarflexion, pronation/supination, internal/external rotation, and cyclic dorsiflexion (60 cycles per minute) of ankle-foot prostheses are described. A test protocol was developed to assess the functional parameters of the Jaipur ankle-foot prosthesis before and after prolonged cyclic loading, with the simulta...

Cataract at Jaipur

Kala-Azar in Jaipur