Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 530-535 , October 2010

The effect of cane use method on center of mass displacement during stair ascent

  • Bih-Jen Hsue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fong-Chin Su

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 6 276 0665; fax: +886 6 234 3270.

Received 26 January 2010 ,Revised 18 June 2010 ,Accepted 20 July 2010.

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☆ Part of the material was presented with a title of “Optimal strategy of cane use during stair ascent” with a poster in IIX International Society of Biomechanics”, Cleveland OH, USA, on 8/2/2005.

PII: S0966-6362(10)00219-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.015

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 530-535 , October 2010

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