Effect of Cane Technique on Obstacle Detection with the Long Cane

Research procedure Upon arriving at the study site, each participant signed the informed consent form approved by WMU's Human Subjects Institutional Review Board. An alternative interpretation of the study results using this classification may be that the constant-contact technique has an advan...

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Published inJournal of visual impairment & blindness Vol. 108; no. 4; pp. 335 - 340
Main Authors Kim, Dae Shik, Emerson, Robert Wall
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2014
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Subjects
Blind
Blindness
Equipment and supplies
Interrater Reliability
Orthopedic apparatus
Research Assistants
Self-help devices for the disabled
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Studies
Travel
Visual Impairments
Walking
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ISSN0145-482X
1559-1476
1559-1476
DOI10.1177/0145482X1410800408

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Summary:Research procedure Upon arriving at the study site, each participant signed the informed consent form approved by WMU's Human Subjects Institutional Review Board. An alternative interpretation of the study results using this classification may be that the constant-contact technique has an advantage over the two-point touch technique for previewing the walking surface (for a change in elevation), but that there is no difference between the two techniques in respect to their ability to preview one's walking path for sizable obstacles.
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ISSN:0145-482X
1559-1476
1559-1476
DOI:10.1177/0145482X1410800408