Lower-limb prostheses and wheelchairs in low-income countries
Lower-limb prostheses and wheelchairs in low-income countries
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DOI：
10.1109/emb.2007.907372
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
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通讯作者：
Noon, Jamie
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作者：
Pearlman, Jon;Cooper, Rory A.;Noon, Jamie
这篇综述涵盖了与下肢假体(LEP)和轮椅技术和服务提供相关的一系列主题。介绍了低收入国家LEP技术的最新进展是如何通过研究和实地研究取得的，并讨论了提高LEP生产能力所需的技术进步和相关研究。白皮书还讨论了用于设计、制造和向低收入国家提供WCS的几种方法；还讨论了过去的研究，并强调了目前在该领域建设研究能力的努力。最后，文章对印度的社会、社会、经济和物质限制进行了深入的描述，以说明成功应用这项技术的困难。
This review covers a range of topics related to lower-extremity prostheses (LEP) and wheelchair technology and service provision. A description on how recent advances in LEP technology for low-income countries have come about through research and field studies is presented and a discussion on the required technical advances and associated research that would increase LEP production capacity is given. The paper also discusses several approaches used for designing, manufacturing, and providing WCs to and in low-income countries; there is also a discussion on past research and highlight current efforts to build research capacity in the field. Last, the paper includes an in-depth description of the social, societal, economic, and physical constraints in India to demonstrate the difficulties in successfully applying this technology.