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Variables of the Touch Technique that Influence the Safety of Cane Walkers

Published:2002-07 Issue:7 Volume:96 Page:516-531
ISSN:0145-482X
Container-title:Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

Author:

Bongers Raoul M.¹,Schellingerhout Roelof²,Van Grinsven Roland³,Smitsman Ad W.²

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2. Developmental Psychology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

3. Orientation and mobility instructor, Sensis Institute, Grave, the Netherlands.

Abstract

This study evaluated variables that determined the safety of 15 cane users who were using the touch technique. The results showed that none of the walkers used a touch technique as described and recommended in the literature, that the detection of obstacles was related mainly to the height of the cane tip during the sweep, and that the early detection of drop-offs was related primarily to the length of the cane.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Rehabilitation,Ophthalmology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0145482X0209600704

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