Prótesis externa de rodilla: Estado del arte en Colombia

Abstract

Nowadays, Colombia has been affected by an increment of the amputations of lower limbs due to the violence problem, added to the victims of accidents, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. It is considered that the number of people with paralysis or lower limb loss is almost 63,000 [1] and the prosthesis demand of those affected people are about 2,000 per year [2]. This article intends to make a first compilation of the information available in the country, according to national designs of knee prosthesis and advanced studies, that will serve as a support for a later process of design and construction of new prototypes that will be focused on national necessities. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.