Tropical Medicine & International Health, 1998
We conducted a locomotor disability survey on a heavily mined Taliban‐controlled province of Afgh... more We conducted a locomotor disability survey on a heavily mined Taliban‐controlled province of Afghanistan to document the problem of locomotor disability and to assess the need for orthopaedic rehabilitation devices in a study population of 12065. Global prevalence of locomotor disability was 23/1000 (95% CI: 20–26). War‐related injuries were the leading cause of disability, affecting almost exclusively adult males. Leading causes of disability among women and children were medical and poliomyelitis. Devices most needed were lower limb ortheses (8.2 devices/1000 people; 95% CI: 5.9–10.4) and orthopaedic shoes (6.0/1000; 95% CI:4.1–8.0). The need for lower limb prostheses was less frequent (2.0/1000; 95% CI: 1.1–2.8). Most lower limb amputees (mainly victims of landmine injuries) were fitted with an artificial leg, while rehabilitation needs for other types of disability remained largely unmet. We estimated that it would take at least 3 years to provide enough orthopaedic shoes and 10...
Tropical Medicine & International Health, 1998
We conducted a locomotor disability survey on a heavily mined Taliban‐controlled province of Afgh... more We conducted a locomotor disability survey on a heavily mined Taliban‐controlled province of Afghanistan to document the problem of locomotor disability and to assess the need for orthopaedic rehabilitation devices in a study population of 12065. Global prevalence of locomotor disability was 23/1000 (95% CI: 20–26). War‐related injuries were the leading cause of disability, affecting almost exclusively adult males. Leading causes of disability among women and children were medical and poliomyelitis. Devices most needed were lower limb ortheses (8.2 devices/1000 people; 95% CI: 5.9–10.4) and orthopaedic shoes (6.0/1000; 95% CI:4.1–8.0). The need for lower limb prostheses was less frequent (2.0/1000; 95% CI: 1.1–2.8). Most lower limb amputees (mainly victims of landmine injuries) were fitted with an artificial leg, while rehabilitation needs for other types of disability remained largely unmet. We estimated that it would take at least 3 years to provide enough orthopaedic shoes and 10...
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