TY - JOUR
T1 - An integrated model for computer assisted diagnosis, treatment and design of insoles for the diabetic foot
AU - Zequera Diaz, Martha Lucia
AU - Vega, F.
AU - Solomonidis, S. E.
AU - Garavito, Leonardo
AU - García-Acosta, Gabriel
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The incidence of diabetes hasincreased significantly in recentdecades. In Germany, there is anestimate of three million diabeticsand this number is growing at arate of about 2 percent per year. Inthe U.S.A., the American DiabetesAssociation estimates that thirteenmillion people suffer from this con-dition, representing 5.2 percent ofthe entire population and everyyear, some 35 thousand patientshave a lower limb amputated. InLatin America, it has been repor-ted that the prevalence of diabetesis of the order of 14 to 20 percent,according to a research conductedby the WHO’s Ad Hoc DiabetesReporting Group. In Colombia, astudy by Ashner et al concludesthat the prevalence is 7 percent inboth sexes.
AB - The incidence of diabetes hasincreased significantly in recentdecades. In Germany, there is anestimate of three million diabeticsand this number is growing at arate of about 2 percent per year. Inthe U.S.A., the American DiabetesAssociation estimates that thirteenmillion people suffer from this con-dition, representing 5.2 percent ofthe entire population and everyyear, some 35 thousand patientshave a lower limb amputated. InLatin America, it has been repor-ted that the prevalence of diabetesis of the order of 14 to 20 percent,according to a research conductedby the WHO’s Ad Hoc DiabetesReporting Group. In Colombia, astudy by Ashner et al concludesthat the prevalence is 7 percent inboth sexes.
UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277237767_An_integrated_model_for_computer_assisted_diagnosis_treatment_and_design_of_insoles_for_the_diabetic_foot
M3 - Article
JO - ORTHOPADIE TECHNIK
JF - ORTHOPADIE TECHNIK
ER -
