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== Introduction  ==


== Introduction ==
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&nbsp;''' 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.


A '''walking stick''' 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.


The correct length of a walking stick allows about 15 degrees of elbow flexion when the patient is standing upright with their arm by their side and holding the stick a little in front of and to the side.


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


== Recent Related Research (from [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ Pubmed])  ==
== Recent Related Research (from [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ Pubmed])  ==
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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.

Recent Related Research (from Pubmed)[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

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