Evaluation of Spring Loaded Crutch

Patients with paraplegia often experience slipping of the crutch during swing-through gait on slopes. To solve this problem, we inserted a coil spring into an ordinary axillary crutch and examined its function. We compared the slipping rate and the change in the amount of load on the crutch between...

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Published inOrthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 975 - 979
Main Authors Uezono, Eiji, Itoh, Yumi, Watanabe, Hideo, Asami, Toyoko, Nishida, Keisuke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1998
Subjects
axillary crutch
gait
spring
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ISSN0037-1033
1349-4333
1349-4333
DOI10.5035/nishiseisai.47.975

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Summary:Patients with paraplegia often experience slipping of the crutch during swing-through gait on slopes. To solve this problem, we inserted a coil spring into an ordinary axillary crutch and examined its function. We compared the slipping rate and the change in the amount of load on the crutch between the ordinary crutch and spring-loaded crutch. The spring-loaded crutch was found to be superior to the ordinary crutch; it was hard-to-slip and comfortable-to-use. Adjustment of the strength of the coil spring for each patient is considered important.
ISSN:0037-1033
1349-4333
1349-4333
DOI:10.5035/nishiseisai.47.975