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Human Factor Analysis of Long Cane Design: Weight and Length

Published:2005-10 Issue:10 Volume:99 Page:622-632
ISSN:0145-482X
Container-title:Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

Author:

Rodgers Mark D.¹,Emerson Robert Wall²

Affiliation:

1. Human System Integration, CSSI, 400 Virginia Avenue SW, Suite 710, Washington, DC 20024

2. Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Mail Stop 5218, Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Abstract

In a series of experiments, canes of different lengths, weights, and weight distributions were assessed to determine the effect of these characteristics on various performance measures. The results indicate that the overall weight of a cane and the distribution of weight along a cane's shaft do not affect a person's performance, but accuracy does decline with the amount of time a person wields the cane, so a heavier cane may exacerbate this fatigue.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Rehabilitation,Ophthalmology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0145482X0509901006

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