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The Jaipur foot

¹ A. P. Arya, MS(Orth), MChOrth, FRCS(Trauma & Orth), Associate Specialist, Orthopaedic Surgeon Upper Limb Unit, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
² L. Klenerman, ChM, FRCSEd, Eng, Emeritus Professor, University of Liverpool, 5 Christ’s Court, 26 Victoria Street, Cambridge CB1 1JN, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr A. P. Arya; e-mail: anandparya{at}gmail.com

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.