EFFECT OF CANE USE ON TIBIAL STRAIN AND STRAIN RATES1
| Autor: | David B. Burr, Michael Soudry, Aharon S. Finestone, Michal Ronen, Charles Milgrom, Susan J. Hoshaw, Ariel Simkin, David P. Fyhrie, Stephen Mendelson, Jeremy Lewis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Stress fractures biology Medial cortex business.industry Rehabilitation Biomechanics food and beverages Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Strain (injury) Anatomy Strain rate musculoskeletal system medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Diaphysis medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Tibia Cane business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 77:333-338 |
| ISSN: | 0894-9115 |
| Popis: | The effect of cane ambulation on hip biomechanics has been well studied, but its effect on tibial strains and strain rates is not known. To test the hypothesis that cane use may lower tibial strain and strain rates during walking, percutaneous axial extensometers were mounted on the right medial cortex of the midtibial diaphysis in seven male volunteers. In vivo peak-to-peak axial tibial strains and strain rates were measured for ipsilateral and contralateral cane usage and compared with a no cane control. Cane-assisted ambulation was not found to significantly lower strain magnitudes; however, tibial strain rates were significantly lowered by both ipsilateral and contralateral cane usage. We conclude that either ipsilateral or contralateral cane usage may be beneficial when lowering tibial strain rate is desired, such as in the treatment of tibia stress fracture or osteoarthrosis of the knee. |
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