Canes

Introduction[edit | edit source]

Canes is an ambulatory assitive device used for improving postural stability. Canes in common day to day usage are known as walking sticks. A cane can either be made of wood or a light metal such as aluminium. The wooden sticks usually have a crook handle and cannot easily have multipoint tips. Aluminium walking sticks can either have a flat or "swan-neck" top and have the advantages of being adjustable in length and are able to have multiple points e.g. a tripod.

Multipoint walking sticks include tripods and quadripods, both of which can have either flat, swan-neck or ergonomic handles.

Measuring Canes[edit | edit source]

In measuring a cane height, the cane is placed approximately 6 inches (15.24cm) from the lateral border of the toes. In stanadard practice two landmarks are used during measurement: the greater trochanter and angle of elbow.

The cane should come approximately upto the level of the greater trochanter and the elbow should be flexed to about 20 to 30 degrees.

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