Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 11 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 112-115
Spring Loaded Foot: A Low Cost Foot Design
Prachi Prava Pattnaik1, Sharmila .S2
1Lecturer, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore
2Prosthetist & Orthotist, Chennai
Corresponding Author: Prachi Prava Pattnaik
ABSTRACT
Background: A less-resourced setting has been defined as a geographic area with limited financial, human, and infrastructure resources. These conditions are common in low- and middle-income countries and can represent a substantial barrier to the delivery of appropriate services. A negative aspect of R&D is that the vast number of end users reside in developing nations and are not able to benefit from this new technology due to the cost, durability, maintenance and accessibility of these components. The Spring-Loaded foot is an artificial foot designed to perform varying functions depending on the desired walking.
Case description and Method: The spring-loaded foot is designed with a foot plate with a connection mechanism embedded with a coil spring, foam and micro cellular rubber elements.
Result: These embodiments provide great flexibility for economic prosthetic feet that provide an alternative to the complex and more expensive prosthetic feet currently in use.
Conclusion: This prosthetic foot is an economical and light weight design with proper biomechanical implications providing proper gait.
Key words: prosthetic foot, transtibial amputee, push-off.