ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ASSISTIVE DEVICES
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Supplement III:

Technical Specifications

UNITED NATIONS
New York, 1997

ST/ESCAP/1774

UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION
Sales No. E.98.II.F.7
Copyright c United Nations 1997
ISBN: 92-1-119775-9

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. Prostheses and Orthoses

1. Basic tools and machines required in a small workshop
2. Basic materials required for production
3. Notes on making a patellar-tendon-bearing (PTB) prosthesis
4. Illustrated notes on making the Jaipur Foot
5. Illustrated notes on making the Jaipur Below-Knee Prosthesis
6. General maintenance tips for prostheses
7. Nevedac prostheses
8. Summary analysis of prosthetic feet available in Thailand
9. Prescribing and fitting orthoses
10. Producing a plastic orthosis
11. Illustrated notes on making polypropylene braces
12. Illustrated notes on making a foot-drop splint
13. Illustrated notes on making a Mukti limb

II. Wheelchair

1. Main steps in making a wheelchair
2. Illustrated notes on making a Handicap International (HI) wooden wheelchair
3. Illustrated notes on how to make a wooden wheel
4. Adjustments on wheelchairs
5. General maintenance tips
6. Battery-operated wheelchair
7. Ground mobility device

III. Other Devices for People with Mobility Difficulties

1. Illustrated notes on making a crutch
2. Illustrated notes on making a simple hand grip
3. Illustrated notes on making a stick reacher
4. Illustrated notes on making a panty-type urinal kit
5. Design of a swivel spoon
6. Design of a pronged-handle spoon
7. Hand-control driving system

IV. Appropriate Paper-Based Technology (APT)

1. APT Definition and Characteristics
2. Materials and tools used in APT
3. Basic steps used in APT

V. Special seating

1. Best guide and best seat
2. Using paper and other materials to make special seats
3. Special seating on wheels
4. Recycling a rubber tyre into a swing

VI. Hearing Aids

• Maintenance tips

Photo Credit

Illustration Credit

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
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ST/ESCAP/1774

UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION
Sales No. E.98.II.F.7
Copyright c United Nations 1997
ISBN: 92-1-119775-9