Solo dikenal sebagai kota pusat rehabilitasi di Indonesia. Sejak 1956, Solo menjadi acuan nasional mengenai bidang orthopedic. Melalui IPTEKDA, LIPI memberikan bantuan teknologi tepat guna yang bersifat sederhana dan murah kepada UKM-UKM pengrajin peralatan alat bantu ambulasi jalan. Hasilnya, diversifikasi peralatan bantu ambulasi yang semakin tinggi dan kualitas yang semakin baik.
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The city of Solo is known as the rehabilitation center in Indonesia. Since 1956 , Solo became a national reference regarding the orthopedic field. Through IPTEKDA, LIPI provided assistance of appropriate technology that is both simple and inexpensive to SME’s craftsmen road equipment ambulatory aids, resulting in the diversification of auxiliary equipment ambulation with higher and better quality