Abstract
An anthropometric device (AD) was designed and developed to collect data on foot and knee of locomotor disabled people. The aim was to standardize the sizes of knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs) in a standard modular form so that they can be mass produced to cater for fitting to a large number of locomotor disabled people. The anthropometric data collected on large numbers of locomotor disabled people were processed, with the help of a computer programme, to arrive at standard sizes for three modules, i.e. a foot plate (seven sizes), knee pieces (six sizes) and a lateral upright in a universal size. These modules were produced by plastic injection moulding and compression moulding processes using glass-reinforced polypropylene. KAFOs were assembled and fitted to locomotor disabled people. Feedback obtained was encouraging and this vindicated the concept, design and utility of the AD.
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